[ UK /fˈɪltɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪɫtɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
    reports began to dribble in
    water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
  2. remove by passing through a filter
    filter out the impurities
  3. pass through
    Water permeates sand easily
NOUN
  1. device that removes something from whatever passes through it
  2. an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
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How To Use filter In A Sentence

  • The seeds were then cut in half longitudinally and deposited on a sterile Whatman No.1 filter paper impregnated with 1% tetrazolium chloride.
  • We filter all the e-mails in the evening to verify whether any bogus votes are cast.
  • The interior of the suction device is sleeved with a nozzle unit device which can inject backwash water to a suction port and the low pressure area of the filter screen part.
  • In mining for precious stones such as diamonds, a method for accurately filtering the gems you want from the surrounding rock and soil is worth its weight in gold.
  • As the pattering rain gradually came to a stop, a glimmer of light filtered through the window curtain.
  • The extracts obtained were prefiltered through glass wool and sodium sulfate anhydride and filtered by column chromatography (clean-up performed using sodium sulfate anhydride and Celite 545).
  • It is advisable to attach a radiation filter plate in front of your computer's screen to reduce the hazard of radiation.
  • Optical signals were low-pass filtered at 500 Hz to prevent aliasing.
  • Scrapie is a chronic disease of sheep which is transmitted by a filterable particle that is resistant to heat and formalin fixation.
  • Ajmal Aqtash, writes that, "The exhibition traces the evolution of Lalvani's genomic art as filtered through two major series, AlgoRhythms ™ and XURF ™, each exploring Lalvani's principal concern with the relationship between genetic codes and sculptural creation, and more specifically, between" genomics "- sculpture derived from formal rules, and" epigenomics "- works created through external agents like forces, respectively. Steven Mesler: Form Follows Force: Haresh Lalvani
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