percolation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Latin percōlātiō.

Water reddened by contact with bricks, water made turbid by percolation through paving-blocks, splashed continuously from hiccuping scuppers. — Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast, Holman Day
Several times I passed my hand across the rock hoping to find some trace of humidity--of the slightest percolation. — A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
All boats are obliged to anchor during the night either just inside the reefs or in the numerous coves along the coast, which are caused by the percolations of fresh water through the sandbeds of rivers into the sea, and these prevent the coral insect from erecting its continuous wall. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent

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