percolation
percolation Lexical Profile
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• noun
The slow movement, filtering, or trickling of a liquid through a porous substance or medium, such as water passing downward through soil or rock.
"The rapid percolation of rainwater through the sandy soil replenished the underground aquifer."
The process of brewing coffee or extracting soluble compounds from a solid substance by repeatedly passing a hot solvent or liquid through it.
"Pharmacists historically used percolation to extract active medicinal compounds from dried plant roots."
The gradual spread or dissemination of an idea, influence, or piece of information through a group or system.
"The slow percolation of Enlightenment ideals across Europe eventually transformed political institutions."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Latin percolatio, derived from the verb percolare ('to strain through'), a compound of per- ('through') and colare ('to strain'), from colum ('strainer').