percolativeadj.
/ˈpəːkəleɪtɪv/, U.S. /ˈpərkəˌleɪdɪv/ Science.
Allowing or involving percolation.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > passing through porous medium > relating to
transudatory1752
percolative1863
1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 ii. 579 Separating the retentive soils from the percolative, water-bearing soils.
1928 Geogr. Rev. 18 587 Highy percolative clays which are very nearly nonerosive, have been formed under forest cover.
1978 Nature 16 Feb. 613/1 It is necessary to use a percolative approach in which easy transport paths through the material are given a probability weighting dependent on their conductance.
1991 Physiologia Plantarum 81 359 This percolative water-assisted behavior reflects the presence of an extended network of water molecules adsorbed on the surface of proteins and/or membranes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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