Filtering
['fɪltərɪŋ] or ['fɪltɚɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filter
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Examples
- This is done by attaching to the service pipe tanks filled with filtering material, through which the water flows before reaching the boiler. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After filtering it is again boiled, and if any scum or impurities appear on the surface they are removed, when the juice is to be bottled, corked tightly, and should be left for one year. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Let stand for a few days and filter through a felt bag or filtering paper. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Laboratory processes like distilling, filtering, crystallization, sublimation, became known to the Europeans through them. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This is accomplished by a central pumping and filtering plant and the return of the oil from all parts of the works by gravity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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