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Meaning of trickling filter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

trickling

verb

Definitions

  1. To pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.

    Example: The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.

  2. To flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.

    Example: Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.

  3. To move or roll slowly.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act or result of something that trickles.

    Example: the tricklings of water down the cave walls