Definition of filter

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Filter (v. i.) To pass through a filter; to percolate.

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Filter :: Filter (n.) Same as Philter.
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..
Tared :: Tared (a.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates..
Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.
Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.
Filtration :: Filtration (n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..
Infiltered :: Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilte.
Rape :: Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc..
Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..
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..
Percolate :: Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone..
Filter :: 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..
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..
Filtered :: Filtered (imp. & p. p.) of Filte.
Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.
Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
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