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filtration

British  
/ fɪlˈtreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of filtering

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

filtration Scientific  
/ fĭl-trāshən /
  1. The act or process of filtering, especially the process of passing a liquid or gas, such as air, through a filter in order to remove solid particles.


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Those returns don’t factor in a deal reached late last year to sell air-filtration solutions company Koch Filter to Atmus Filtration Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The ruling was in a case was brought by Atmus Filtration.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

The ruling was specifically on a case brought by a filtration company in Tennessee, Atmus Filtration, but the judge said he will be the only one to hear cases about refunds.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Filtration systems are designed to capture multiple harmful substances from water or air simultaneously, but pollutants in soil can only be tackled individually or a few at a time -- at least for now.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023

Filtration was an easy matter, more especially in the case of A. Examining the yeasts under the microscope, immediately after decantation, we found that both of them remained very pure.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

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