FILTRATION
\fɪltɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \fɪltɹˈeɪʃən], \f_ɪ_l_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of FILTRATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
By Oddity Software
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The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
By Noah Webster.
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A process of separating particulate matter from a fluid, such as air or a liquid, by passing the fluid carrier through a medium that will not pass the particulates. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Same etymon as the next. A pharmaceutical operation, which consists in passing a fluid through a filter or strainer, for the purpose of clarifying it. In ancient physiology, it meant the action by which the different humours of the body are separated from the mass of the blood.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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