Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun percolation

3 senses of percolation

Sense 1
percolation, infiltration -- (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava")
       => filtration -- (the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium)

Sense 2
percolation -- (the act of making coffee in a percolator)
       => cooking, cookery, preparation -- (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife")

Sense 3
percolation -- (the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification)
       => filtration -- (the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter)