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Noun: percolation  `pur-ku'ley-shun
  1. The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
    "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"
    - infiltration
     
  2. The act of making coffee in a percolator
     
  3. The filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification

Derived forms: percolations

See also: percolate

Type of: cookery, cooking, filtration, preparation

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