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单词 percolating
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percolatingn.

Brit. /ˈpəːkəleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərkəˌleɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: percolate v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < percolate v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier percolating adj.
The action of percolate v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > [noun]
sipec888
siping1503
percolation1613
oozing1739
infiltration1794
percolating1861
leaching1906
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > through any medium or space > passing through a porous medium
sipec888
oozinga1398
siping1503
sying1530
filtering1576
filtration1602
percolation1613
transudation1617
filtrature1670
ooze1718
transuding1756
sap1794
seepage1825
sipage1825
percolating1861
soakage1867
bleeding1926
1861 D. Murdoch Dutch Dominie of Catskills i. xiv. 167 The inside of the hiding-place was a natural cave, formed by the percolating of the waters and the action of the frost together.
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada ix. 191 Under the influence of the..constant percolating of surface waters.
1954 Andels Home Appliance Service Guide xi. 190 In the percolator type, the heated water is forced upward repeatedly through a percolating tube.
1998 Independent on Sunday 27 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 53/1 Cooking for me is not cooking, but an orchestrated blur of..coffee-grinding, vitamising, percolating, fish-scaling, [etc.].

Compounds

percolating filter n. a type of filter used in the treatment of sewage, usually after the removal of suspended solids, consisting of a bed of inert, porous material such as crushed rock, through which the sewage is allowed to percolate so that noxious organic matter is removed by aerobic microorganisms.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > apparatus for sewage treatment
septic tank1896
percolating filter1901
contact bed1902
trickling filter1903
bacteria bed1913
sedimentation tank1920
septic1929
comminutor1939
1901 S. Barwise Bacterial Purification of Sewage iv. 37 I have adopted the phrase ‘Percolating Filters’, instead of that of ‘Continuous Filters’, because some of the continuous filters are worked intermittently.
1948 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene (ed. 8) iii. 73 The tank liquor is distributed slowly on to a ‘percolating filter’ made of clinker or stone, through which it slowly drains.
2002 BioCycle (Nexis) Apr. 83 A variety of biological treatment systems have been developed, ranging from cess and septic tanks to gravel beds, percolating filters and activated sludge processes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

percolatingadj.

Brit. /ˈpəːkəleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərkəˌleɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: percolate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < percolate v. + -ing suffix2.
That percolates.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > percolation > [adjective]
percolating1839
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > passing through porous medium
siping1398
soaking1577
thorough-siping1647
oozing1710
transuding1756
percolating1839
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvii. 388 The earth and fragments of stone lying on the surface, were..less effectually removed by means of slowly percolating snow-water, than by the agency of rain.
1850 Amer. Whig Rev. July 24/2 Now he looks up, and sees their brows fretted by the percolating waters like a Gothic ceiling.
1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 246 Limestone is liable to be dissolved and removed by percolating rain-water.
1954 J. F. Kirkaldy Gen. Princ. Geol. xiii. 190 There may be considerable post-depositional changes due to percolating water.
1998 Bass Player Nov. 71/2 William's..smoking tone and percolating attack indicate he listened to a Jaco track or two.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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