filtrate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- filtratable adjective
- filtration noun
- interfiltrate verb (used with object)
- interfiltration noun
- transfiltration noun
- unfiltrated adjective
Etymology
Origin of filtrate
1605–15; < Medieval Latin filtrātus filtered, past participle of filtrāre. See filter, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Castillo hopes that his research will help uncover the potential impacts microplastics are having to human health and that it will help spur changes to how society produces and filtrates plastics.
From Science Daily
The stalactites - hundreds of mineral formations hanging like melted candle wax above us which naturally filtrate the rainwater - are being clogged by cement dust, he says.
From BBC
When he appeared, he launched into a lecture about cleaning up filtrate at the landfill site.
From The Guardian
“There is no ideal solution. We have to trust that the Navy will filtrate the water properly,” Swanson said.
From Seattle Times
The product was recovered from the filtrate by using rotary evaporation.
From Nature
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