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prefilter

  • a word derived from filter.
    filter
    noun
    any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.

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Changes from the default parameters were mzdiff = 0.01, peakwidth = 10-80, noise = 1000, prefilter = 3,500.

From Nature Dec. 25, 2016