Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

percolation

/pɝkəˈleɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: per-co-la-tion
IPA: /pɝkəˈleɪʃən/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"With simultaneous measurement of channel conductivity and its slow time-dependent fluctuation (or noise) in ultra-thin WSe2 and MoS2 FETs on insulating SiO2 substrates, where noise arises from McWhorter-type carrier number fluctuations, we establish that the switching in conventional backgated TMDC FETs is a classical percolation transition in a medium of inhomogeneous carrier density distribution."

Etymology

From Latin percōlātiō.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: percōlātiō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɝkəˈleɪʃən/
British English: /pɜːkəˈleɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

percolations (plural)

Derived Forms

antipercolation neuropercolation repercolation

Phrases

percolation theory

Frequently Paired Words

percolate percolation theory

Synonyms

infiltration

Questions

How do you pronounce percolation?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɝkəˈleɪʃən/.
What does percolation mean?: The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
Where does percolation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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