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colmation

colmation noun: a process of progressive clogging of a porous medium by fine particles such as might occur in groundwater passing through, thereby reducing the medium's porosity and, accordingly, its permeability.

Noun

colmation (uncountable)

  1. A process of progressive clogging of a porous medium by fine particles such as might occur in groundwater passing through, thereby reducing the medium's porosity and, accordingly, its permeability.

Antonyms of colmation

Questions about colmation

What does colmation mean?
Colmation means a process of progressive clogging of a porous medium by fine particles such as might occur in groundwater passing through, thereby reducing the medium's porosity and, accordingly, its permeability.
What part of speech is colmation?
Colmation is a noun.

Words near colmation in the dictionary

  1. Colmar
  2. colmascope
  3. colmascopes
  4. colmatage
  5. colmatation
  6. colmation
  7. Colmenar de Oreja
  8. Colmenar Viejo
  9. Colmenares
  10. Colmenero
  11. Colmeneros

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