[
US
/fɪɫˈtɹeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /fɪltɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /fɪltɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
- the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
How To Use filtration In A Sentence
- Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
- The mixture was sterilized by sequential filtration through 0.45 and 0.22 m filters.
- Success was to be defined as the exfiltration of Bin Ladin out of Afghanistan.28 A meeting of principals was scheduled for May 29 to decide whether the operation should go ahead. Think Progress » Report: Saddam and Al Qaeda Enemies, Not Collaborators
- But new national guidelines say the lack of a filtration system and automatic chemical treatment can lead to the development of the cryptosporidium bug, which can cause severe gastro-intestinal infections.
- A high resolution computed tomography of the chest showed multiple nodular infiltrations at the posterior segment of the right upper lobe with a thick-walled cavitary lesion.
- Further filtration of the serum protein concentrate by using ion exchange following microfiltration separates out native proteins such as alpha lactalbumin and beta lactoglobulin.
- During states of ineffective arterial volume, local production of vasodilatory prostanoids and kinins in the kidney offsets the decrease in renal blood flow and helps maintain the glomerular filtration rate.
- This method resulted in an almost instant purification of molecules, using filtration to separate the chemical reagents from the products.
- The presentation may be of an unexplained mass or cranial nerve palsies, meningeal symptoms, or even respiratory problems caused by brainstem infiltration.
- The filtration is carried out in three stages - primary, intermediate and final.