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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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