Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Filtrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Filtrate \Fil"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filtrated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Filtrating}. ] [Cf. LL. filtrare. See {Filter}.]
To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or
percolation. --Arbuthnot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Filtrate \Fil"trate\, n.
That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed
through the filter in the process of filtration.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
filtrate
n : the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been
passed through a filter
v : remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the
impurities" [syn: {filter}, {strain}, {separate out}, {filter
out}]
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