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leachates

leachates is the plural of leachate.

Meaning of leachate

Noun

leachate (countable and uncountable, plural leachates)

  1. (soil science) The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material.
    • Probably the main reason that leachate enrichment was highest near the bottom of the aquifer beneath the landfill is that the heavier, leachate-rich water sinks by gravity as it moves out of the refuse, and not because it is displaced downward by freshwater from the surface.1980, Grant E. Kimmel, Olin C. Braids, Leachate Plumes in Ground Water from Babylon and Islip Landfills, Long Island, New York, US Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1085, page 32

Questions about leachates

What is leachates the plural of?
Leachates is the plural of leachate.

Words near leachates in the dictionary

  1. leachable
  2. leachables
  3. leachant
  4. leachants
  5. leachate
  6. leachates
  7. leached
  8. leacher
  9. leachers
  10. leaches
  11. leachianone

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