adjective
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capable of being filtered
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(of most viruses and certain bacteria) capable of passing through the pores of a fine filter
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The Seattle Tree Walks mobile app, which launched in April 2020, features 40 routes, filterable for mileage and elevation.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Search results will be filterable by feature in coming months, according to Xbox.
From The Verge ● Oct. 1, 2021
Biologists called them "filterable agents" because about all they knew was that the infectious agents were small enough to slip through the filters used to capture bacteria.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2016
The endlessly filterable nature of social media only exacerbates these problems.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2016
Further investigations revealed the fact that blood from affected horses, even when passed through porcelain filters, may transmit the disease, thereby proving that the causative agent belongs to the so-called filterable viruses.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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