单词 | percolating |
释义 | percolatingn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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). < n.1861adj.1839 |
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