Maceration vs. Percolation

Macerationnoun

The act or process of macerating.

Macerationnoun

The act or process of macerating.

Macerationnoun

softening due to soaking or steeping

Macerationnoun

extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

Percolationnoun

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

Percolationnoun

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

Percolationnoun

the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium;

Percolationnoun

the act of making coffee in a percolator

Percolationnoun

the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification

Percolation

In physics, chemistry and materials science, percolation (from Latin percolare, or ) refers to the movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials. It is described by Darcy's law.