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Definition: FILTRATING

Part of Speech Definition
Present participle 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb filtrate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(filtrate)
1. Remove by passing through a filter.[Wordnet].
2. To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: filtrating, filtrated, filtrates, filtrater, filtraters, filtratingly and filtratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Filtrating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Definition: FILTRATING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Present participle1. Present participle conjugation of the verb filtrate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(filtrate)
1. Remove by passing through a filter.[Wordnet].
2. To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: filtrating, filtrated, filtrates, filtrater, filtraters, filtratingly and filtratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "FILTRATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Specialty Definition: filtrate

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] To filter; to defecate, as liquor, by straining or percolation.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
AdministrationLiquid that has been passed through a filter. (references)
Meteorology & StandardsA liquid or gas that has been filtered. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining1: 1. A fluid that has been passed through a filter. 2. The liquid portion of drilling mud that is forced into porous and permeable formations next to the borehole. (references)
 2: The liquid product from the filtration process. (references)
PhysicsMaterial, liquid, that has passed through a filter. (references)
Wiktionary1: [Noun] The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from the filtride. (references)
 2: [Verb] To filter. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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