Filtration
[fɪl'treɪʃn] or [fɪl'treʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter.
(noun.) the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium.
Typist: Rudy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Typed by Harley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Filtering, straining.
Typist: Marcus
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FILTER]
Inputed by George
Examples
- In filtration, the water is forced through porcelain or other porous substances which allow the passage of water, but which hold back the minute foreign particles suspended in the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In many cities the filtration system is so good that private care of the water supply is unnecessary. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- During the process of filtration the chicle is also sterilized, and comes from the machine as pure as distilled water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The filtration plants owned and operated by large cities are usually safe; there is careful supervision of the filters, and frequent and effective cleanings are made. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Streams which flow through populated regions are apt to be contaminated, and hence water from them requires public filtration. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Cities using such a water supply thus have the double expense of pumping and filtration. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By this system great rapidity of filtration is obtained, the rate being 120,000,000 gallons a day per acre. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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