leaching
noun/ˈliːt͡ʃɪŋ/
1
The process by which something is leached.
- The leachings were performed in a controlled atmosphere chamber in four different steps […]2012, Brian Morse, Cold Regions Engineering 2012:
2
Liquid that leaches.
- One set of plants was watered with distilled water, while to the other set was added in addition small amounts of leachings, containing only a trace of nitrogen, from a cultivated field.
- Derived terms
- bioleaching