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Antonyms for percolation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-kuh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr kəˈleɪ ʃən

Definition of percolation

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Latin percolationem (nominative percolatio), noun of action from past participle stem of percolare "to strain through, filter," from per- "through" (see per) + colare "to strain," from colum "a strainer" (see colander).
  • As in leak : noun opening; seepage through opening
  • As in seepage : noun leakage
Example sentences :
  • Contamination of the soil, ground water, and air by percolation of sewage.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various
  • Percolation is a slow process in the hard head of the worldly-wise.
  • Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
  • From the dried root of bistort or snake-weed (Polygonum Bistorta), by percolation with temperate distilled water.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • If the percolation and evaporation have been properly performed the fluid extract will not be required to be filtered.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • No other means of agitation or percolation is so efficacious or economical.'
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 » by Various
  • The river contained more water the higher we mounted, for below the water was lost by evaporation and percolation into the ground.
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
  • Of course, with such a pressure as this, there was likely to be percolation under the foundations and a washing-out of the soil.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 » by Various
  • The method of percolation is now preferred by all who have made sufficient trial of it to apply it correctly.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • This wadi, which is some 63 m. long, obtains water by percolation from the Nile.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 » by Various
  • Ethereal tinctures are best prepared by percolation, and should be both made and kept in stoppered bottles.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

Synonyms for percolation

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