gelatin filter

American  

[je-luh-tin fil-ter] / ˈdʒɛ lə tɪn ˈfɪl tər /

noun

• gelatin filters
  plural

1. Theater, Photography. a thin sheet of translucent material that is placed over a lens or light source to change the color of the light.

2. a filter, such as one used to remove microorganisms, made of gelatin.

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Derived Forms

• gelatin-filtered
  adjective

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Nouns

• gelatin filters
  plural

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gelatin filter

If yeast juice be filtered through a gelatin filter, the colloidal enzymes which are left behind are entirely inactive in producing fermentation, but may be restored to activity again by mixing with the filtrate.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher