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filtration
Variant of filtrate
filtrate
definition
fil·trate (fil′trāt′)
transitive verb filtrated -·trat′ed, filtrating -·trat′·ing
to filter
Etymology: < ML filtratus, pp. of filtrare < filtrum, filter
noun
a filtered liquid
Related Forms:
- filtration fil·tra′·tion noun
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