FILTRATING

Verb

filtrating

present participle of filtrate

Source: Wiktionary


FILTRATE

Fil"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtrating. (] Etym: [Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.]

Definition: To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation. Arbuthnot.

Fil"trate, n.

Definition: That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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