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[syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Filtrate \Fil"trate\, n.
That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed
through the filter in the process of filtration. Contrasted
with retentate, the material remaining on the filter.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
filtrate
n 1: the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been
passed through a filter
v 1: remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the
impurities" [syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate
out, filter out]