Definition of filter

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Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..

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Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.
Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth..
Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.
Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..
Inhaler :: Inhaler (n.) A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers..
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.
Filter :: Filter (n.) Same as Philter.
Infiltered :: Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilte.
Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.
Percolation :: Percolation (n.) The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it..
Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..
Percolate :: Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone..
Rape :: Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc..
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
Percolator :: Percolator (n.) One who, or that which, filters..
Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.
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