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percolation

Syllables: per·co·la·tion/pɜːkəˈleɪʃən/US/pɝkəˈleɪʃən/

percolation noun: the seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

Noun

percolation (countable and uncountable, plural percolations)

  1. The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
    • With simultaneous measurement of channel conductivity and its slow time-dependent fluctuation (or noise) in ultra-thin WSe2 and MoS2 FETs on insulating SiO2 substrates, where noise arises from McWhorter-type carrier number fluctuations, we establish that the switching in conventional backgated TMDC...2015, Tathagata Paul, Subhamoy Ghatak, Arindam Ghosh, “Percolative switching in transition metal dichalcogenide field-effect transistors at room temperature”, in arXiv

percolation meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Persian

percolation in Tamil

கசியவைத்தல், வடிக்கட்டல், கசிவிறக்கம், பொசிதல், உள் சுவறல், உள்ளுறல்

percolation in Tagalog

seepage or filtration of a liquid
paninilas, saimsim

percolation in Persian

seepage or filtration of a liquid
پرکولاسیون perkolâsion

Forms of percolation

pluralpercolations

Origin of percolation

From Latin percōlātiō.

Words formed from percolation

Phrases with percolation

Questions about percolation

What does percolation mean?
Percolation means the seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
What is percolation in Tamil?
Percolation in Tamil is கசியவைத்தல், வடிக்கட்டல், கசிவிறக்கம். See Percolation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is percolation?
Percolation is a noun.
How do you pronounce percolation?
Percolation is pronounced /pɝkəˈleɪʃən/ (US).
What is the plural of percolation?
The plural of percolation is percolations.

Words near percolation in the dictionary

  1. percoids
  2. percolate
  3. percolated
  4. percolates
  5. percolating
  6. percolation
  7. percolation theories
  8. percolation theory
  9. percolations
  10. percolative
  11. percolatively

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