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filtration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun filtration has 2 senses
- filtration(n = noun.process) Array - the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium; Array is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
- filtration(n = noun.act) Array - the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter; Array is a kind of change
has particulars: infiltration, percolation
Derived forms verb filter2, verb filter1
has particulars: percolation
Derived forms verb filter2, verb filter1
CIDE DICTIONARY
filtration, n. [Cf. F. filtration.].
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
THESAURUS
filtration
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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