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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
filtrate
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A protein free filtrate is not necessary.
▪ A Somogyi-Nelson filtrate can not be used, since some creatinine is also precipitated along with the proteins.
▪ The interference caused by the latter may be eliminated by preparing a protein-free filtrate. 264.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Filtrate

Filtrate \Fil"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtrating. ] [Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.] To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.
--Arbuthnot.

Filtrate

Filtrate \Fil"trate\, n. That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration. Contrasted with retentate, the material remaining on the filter.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
filtrate

1610s, probably a back-formation from filtration or else from Medieval Latin filtratus. Related: Filtrated; filtrating. As a noun, "liquid which has passed through a filter," from 1846.

Wiktionary
filtrate

n. The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from the filtride. vb. To filter.

WordNet
filtrate

  1. n. the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter

  2. v. remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" [syn: filter, strain, separate out, filter out]

Usage examples of "filtrate".

The filtrate contains the titanium, which is recovered by evaporating and igniting.

Transfer to the filter, and wash till the filtrate gives no indication of soluble salts coming through.

These were 1) use of liquid filtrates which were usually applied using lint or other absorbent material.

However, as the blood filtrate passes down the tubules, water is re-absorbed.