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The process of filtering
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filtration
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Wikipedia
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Filtration is any of various mechanical, physical or biological operations that separate solids from fluids ( liquids or gases ) by adding a medium through which only the fluid can pass. The fluid that passes through is called the filtrate . In physical ...
Wiktionary
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n. The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE biological ▪ Without oxygen Biological filtration ceases leading to increase in Ammonia/Nitrite levels. ▪ The next chamber or chambers generally hold the main media, aimed at biological filtration . ▪ Foam media ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Filtration \Fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. filtration.] The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act or process of filtering," c.1600, perhaps from French filtration (1570s), noun of action from filter "to filter" (see filter (v.)).
Usage examples of filtration.
The amebic filtration system you installed in the drinking water conduits has kept us all safe.
Calcium hypochlorite can be used to purify water, which, in combination with a good filtration system, can cut typhoid and diarrheal diseases practically to zero.
The prevailing view now is that the processes of filtration and secretion are both carried on by the kidneys,--that the capillary clusters in the Malpighian bodies serve as delicate filters for the separation of water and salts, while the secreting cells of the tubules separate substances by the process of secretion.
The usual methods of supporting the funnel during filtration are shown in fig.
Before long, the plant would be full of orts and donkeys, not to mention sheep drowning themselves in the filtration vats.
Typically, in normalcy at least, our bodies have sufficient filtration systems to deal with bacteriological and chemical impacts that nature foists upon us in any case.
We smiled at one another, watching the amphorae fill with splashing water from the smooth, enigmatic filtration device.
Before proceeding, he increased the filtration levels of his cyborg breathing mechanism and decreased his respiration requirements.
Hot, aerated water hissed out through a Japanese filtration device.
Finally he came to where the air line went into the filtration plant.
They will sell us the insecticide, the bleaching powder and the water filtration units for the cost of production plus ten percent.
She'd also instructed people in Granger country to dig bomb shelters under their houses and barns, with air filtration systems capable of handling biochemical attacks.
Provision for internal over-pressure and filtration systems were as routine in Grayson building codes as roofs were on other planets, and public structures—.
Provision for internal over-pressure and filtration systems were as routine in Grayson building codes as roofs were on other planets, and public structureslike Protector's Palace, or her own steadholder's mansionwere built under climate-controlled domes as a matter of course.
Springing up around all the great cities were walled towns, fortress suburbs where those who had gotten the treatment could live their entire lives inside, using telelinks, teleoperation, portable generators, even greenhouse food, even air filtration systems: like tent towns on Mars, in fact.