Colmation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Colmation is a noun meaning A process of progressive clogging of a porous medium by fine particles such as might occur in groundwater passing through, thereby reducing the medium's porosity and, accordingly, its permeability.
Meaning
A process of progressive clogging of a porous medium by fine particles such as might occur in groundwater passing through, thereby reducing the medium's porosity and, accordingly, its permeability.
Antonyms for colmation
Common opposites include diffusion, suffusion.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include colmatation, pedocementation, carbonification, coalification, colloidization, colation.
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