See Also: percolation(medicine)
percolation(dictionary)

percolation (iou)



percolation noun. E17.
[Latin percolatio(n-), formed as PERCOLATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action of causing a liquid to percolate; spec. (Pharmacology) the process of obtaining an extract by passing successive quantities of a solvent through a pulverized substance until all the soluble material has been dissolved. E17.
The action or an act of percolating through something; filtering, oozing. E17.
Phonetics. The emission of the breath through a narrow opening in producing a speech sound. M17-E18.