Meaning of FILTRATION
| Pronunciation: | | fultr'eyshun
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- [n] the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
- [n] the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
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FILTRATION is a 10 letter word that starts with F. |
| | See Also: | | action, activity, change, infiltration, natural action, natural process, percolation, percolation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | bolting, clarification, colature, destructive distillation, distillation, edulcoration, effusion, elution, elutriation, essentialization, excretion, exfiltration, extraction, extravasation, exudation, filtering, leaching, lixiviation, ooze, oozing, percolating, percolation, purification, refinement, riddling, screening, seep, seepage, separation, sieving, sifting, spiritualization, straining, sublimation, transudation, weep, weeping, winnowing |
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