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filtrate

[fil-treyt] / ˈfɪl treɪt /




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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

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 more acidic the filtrate, the more ammonia is secreted.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

As the filtrate enters the ascending limb, Na+ and Cl- ions exit through ion channels present in the cell membrane.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

To the filtrate from the insoluble matter add 40 cubic centimeters of half normal sulfuric acid, all the acid being added at once.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen

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

This reply was made by Victor, and was duly filtrated through the interpreter, who was pleased with the words so flattering to himself.

From Deerfoot in The Mountains by John Steeple Davis

After Nevers he was only twenty-four hours ahead of Napoleon and his progress became a triumphant one: newspapers, despatches had filtrated through from Paris—news became authentic, though some of it sounded a little wild.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

This was not acting, but the flashing of a stream where the sunshine reached to its bed; was filtrated through pure, sweet waters.

From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland

And the filtrated liquor contained the lime united to the acid; for upon dropping spirit of vitriol into it, a white powder was immediately formed.

From Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances by Joseph Black

“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

A house has been lately opened for the sale of filtrating and purifying vases, to which the ingenious constructor has given the most elegant etruscan shapes.

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Sir John Carr

She is, then, the essence filtrating from the declaration of Paul at Athens, that "of one blood hath God created all men to dwell upon earth."

From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

In experiments with small quantities, this operation is conveniently performed in jugs or matrasses of glass, and by filtrating the liquor through paper in a glass funnel.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier




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