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Filtration

Filtration Meaning & Definition
Filtration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Filtration?

[n] the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
[n] the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium

Synonyms | Synonyms for Filtration:

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | action | activity | change | infiltration | natural action | natural process | percolation | percolation

Filtration In Webster's Dictionary

\Fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. filtration.] The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

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