filtrate
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The stalactites - hundreds of mineral formations hanging like melted candle wax above us which naturally filtrate the rainwater - are being clogged by cement dust, he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
By the time the filtrate reaches the DCT, most of the urine and solutes have been reabsorbed.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
What would likely occur to the osmolarity of the filtrate in the ascending limb if the active transport of NaCl stopped?
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
From here, the papillae deliver the filtrate, now called urine, into the minor calyces that eventually connect to the ureters through the renal pelvis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The filtrate and the liquid mixture formed by mixing the pus with five hundred times its own weight of water retained their virulence undiminished.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The desire for blast-proof walls, filtrated air and water, and composting toilets is deeply embedded in the national psyche.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2017
The third is all over beset with Glandules thro' which are filtrated the serous Particles of the Blood contain'd in the Vessels of the second Tunicle.
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc
In ordinary operations, where moderate quantities of fluid are to be filtrated, different kinds of glass funnels are used for supporting the paper, as represented Pl.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
The wort thus prepared, the liquor is filtrated, in order to separate it from the grain, and then boiled until reduced to one half, in order to concentrate it to the degree of strength desired.
When the substance is in larger quantity, it may be lixiviated in a kettle of boiling water, and filtrated through paper supported by cloth in the wooden frame, Pl.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
“That part of the equation, our relationship to nature, is over. But they have a more important job to do – and that’s filtrating water, providing habitat for other animals and building the ecosystem.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016
Under the new plan, Marines equipped with borrowed helicopters will try to move fast and throw cordons around North Vietnamese in filtrating the area.
From Time Magazine Archive
We met with several ponds of salt water, which had no visible communication with the sea, and must, therefore, in all probability, be filled by the water filtrating through the sand in high tides.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
I have frequently alluded to a branch of geography, the importance of which is but recently adequately recognized—the subterranean waters of the earth considered as stationary reservoirs, as flowing currents, and as filtrating fluids.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
While he was speculating as to whether this was probable, smoke began filtrating through the tops of the pines, behind the couple.
From Deerfoot in The Mountains by John Steeple Davis
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