filter paper
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of filter paper
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Today's options for portable water filtration of tiny particles mostly consist of filter paper and microporous membranes.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024
Blood obtained by pricking a baby’s heel was collected on filter paper and tested for phenylketonuria, a rare metabolic condition that, if untreated, causes intellectual disability.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2023
The scientists wiped the armpits of healthy people and dengue fever patients with an absorbent material, isolated the molecules that could become airborne, and dabbed them onto filter paper.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 30, 2022
Those who are tested will be sent a finger prick to illicit a small sample of blood, which is then stored on a special filter paper.
From Fox News ● May 6, 2020
The objection to the filter paper is not at all on the ground of sanitation.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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