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Filter Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Filter? [n] device that removes something from whatever passes through it [n] an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it [v] pass through; "Water permeates sand easily" [v] remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" [v] run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream; "reports began to dribble in." Synonyms \| Synonyms for Filter: dribble \| filter out \| filtrate \| percolate \| permeate \| separate out \| sink in \| strain \| trickle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Filter: bleed \| bolt \| butterfly \| cheesecloth \| clarifier \| clarify \| clean \| clear \| cloth \| colander \| condense \| cradle \| cribble \| decrassify \| depurate \| diffusing screen \| discharge \| distill \| drain \| dribble \| drip \| dripple \| drop \| edulcorate \| effuse \| eliminate \| elute \| emit \| essentialize \| exclude \| excrete \| exfiltrate \| extract \| extravasate \| exudate \| exude \| filtrate \| frosted glass \| frosted lens \| gauze \| gelatin filter \| give off \| ground glass \| gurgle \| leach \| lens hood \| light filter \| lixiviate \| lixiviator \| membrane \| ooze \| pass through \| percolate \| percolator \| purifier \| purify \| rectify \| reek \| refine \| refiner \| refinery \| riddle \| rocker \| run through \| screen \| seep \| separate \| sieve \| sift \| sifter \| smoked glass \| spiritualize \| spurtle \| stained glass \| strain \| strainer \| sublimate \| sublime \| transude \| trickle \| try \| weed out \| weep \| winnow \| winnowing basket \| winnowing fan \| winnowing machine See Also \| air cleaner \| air filter \| bacteria bed \| coffee filter \| course \| device \| diatomaceous earth \| diatomite \| diffusing screen \| drain basket \| electrical device \| filter bed \| flow \| fuel filter \| glass wool \| infiltrate \| kieselguhr \| leach \| light filter \| oil filter \| penetrate \| percolate \| perforate \| run \| separate \| strainer \| water filter Filter In Webster's Dictionary \Fil"ter\, n. [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See {Feuter}.] 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. {Filter bed}, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. {Filter gallery}, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also {infiltration gallery}. \Fil"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filtered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filtering}] [Cf. F. filter. See {Filter}, n., and cf. {Filtrate}.] To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter. {Filtering paper}, or {Filter paper}, a porous unsized paper, for filtering. \Fil"ter\, v. i. To pass through a filter; to percolate. \Fil"ter\, n. Same as {Philter}. filter p [] = [] filter p (x:xs) = if p x then x : rest else rest where rest = filter p xs

Filter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Filter?

[n] device that removes something from whatever passes through it
[n] an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
[v] pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
[v] remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
[v] run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream; "reports began to dribble in."

Filter In Webster's Dictionary

\Fil"ter\, n. [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt,
LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for
straining liquors. See {Feuter}.]
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.

{Filter bed}, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter
   composed of sand gravel.

{Filter gallery}, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside
   of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the
   intervening sand and gravel; -- called also {infiltration
   gallery}.


\Fil"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filtered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Filtering}] [Cf. F. filter. See {Filter}, n., and cf.
{Filtrate}.]
To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing
it to pass through a filter.

{Filtering paper}, or {Filter paper}, a porous unsized paper,
   for filtering.


\Fil"ter\, v. i.
To pass through a filter; to percolate.


\Fil"ter\, n.
Same as {Philter}.


filter p []     = []
        filter p (x:xs) = if p x then x : rest else rest
                          where
                          rest = filter p xs

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