Get to know Percolation better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like filtration or infiltration.
Percolation in a sentence
Percolation meaning
The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
Synonyms of Percolation
Using Percolation
- The main meaning on this page is: The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
- Useful related words include: filtration, infiltration, cooking, cookery.
Context around Percolation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Percolation
- In this selection, "percolation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laid, type, deep, wells, location and thereby stand out and add context to how "percolation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allows greater percolation thereby reducing and deep percolation where water. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "percolation" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with percolation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If the engine is shut off while hot, the temperature of the fuel will increase, sometimes boiling ("percolation"). (18 words)
President of the association D. Raghavan says that the PWD has laid percolation wells in the tank for tapping water for drinking. (22 words)
A bio-infiltration garden that will gather rainwater runoff from the plaza for percolation and slow release is also expected to be built. (23 words)
On pebble and shingle beaches the swash is dissipated more quickly because the large particle size allows greater percolation, thereby reducing the power of the backwash, and the beach remains steep. (31 words)
Deep percolation, where water moves below the root zone, can occur if a drip system is operated for too long or if the delivery rate is too high. (28 words)
The analysis will evaluate the property regarding soil type, percolation, location of wetlands, topography and present conditions that may impact the development of the site. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
A bio-infiltration garden that will gather rainwater runoff from the plaza for percolation and slow release is also expected to be built.
President of the association D. Raghavan says that the PWD has laid percolation wells in the tank for tapping water for drinking.
The analysis will evaluate the property regarding soil type, percolation, location of wetlands, topography and present conditions that may impact the development of the site.
Deep percolation, where water moves below the root zone, can occur if a drip system is operated for too long or if the delivery rate is too high.
If the engine is shut off while hot, the temperature of the fuel will increase, sometimes boiling ("percolation").
On pebble and shingle beaches the swash is dissipated more quickly because the large particle size allows greater percolation, thereby reducing the power of the backwash, and the beach remains steep.