Definition of filter

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Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..

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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..
Infiltered :: Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilte.
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..
Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.
Percolator :: Percolator (n.) One who, or that which, filters..
Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..
Percolate :: Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain..
Tared :: Tared (a.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates..
Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..
Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
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..
Filtered :: Filtered (imp. & p. p.) of Filte.
Filtration :: Filtration (n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.
Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.
Filter :: Filter (n.) Same as Philter.
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