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| Domain | Definition |
Environment | A coarse treatment system in which wastewater is trickled over a bed of stones or other material covered with bacteria that break down the organic waste and produce clean water. Trihalomethane (THM): One of a family of organic compounds named as derivative of methane. THMs are generally by-products of chlorination of drinking water that contains organic material. (references) |
| A bed of sand, gravel, broken stone or other medium through which wastewater flows or trickles that depends on biological action for its effectiveness. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Crosswords: TRICKLING FILTER |
| Specialty definitions using "TRICKLING FILTER": recirculation ♦ sludge return. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sanitary plant. Visalia, California. Trickling filter. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trickling filter | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TRICKLING FILTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | nedrislingsfilter (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), biologisk filter (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), bakteriefilter (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oxydatiebed (aerated lagoon, bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), oxidatiebed (aerated lagoon, bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, percolating filter tank, sprinkling filter), continufilter (aerated lagoon, bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), biologische filter (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), biofilter (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | lit percolateur, lit bactérien, filtre percolateur, filtre biologique, biofiltre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | biologischer Filter (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), Biofilter (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταλακτο-διυλιστήριο (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), βιολογικό φίλτρο (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), βιολογικά φίλτρα (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), βακτηριολογική κλίνη (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csepegtető szűrő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | letto batterico (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), filtro percolatore (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), filtro biologico (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | icklingtray ilterfay leito bacteriano (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), filtro biológico (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter). (various references) lecho bacteriano (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), filtro biológico (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter), biofiltro (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-g-i-i-i-k-l-l-n-r-r-t-t" | |
-5 letters: flickering, flittering, frittering. | |
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