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
Absorption of water from the filtrate would decrease, indicated by decreased loss of water in the descending loop of Henle, increased solute secretion into the distal tubule, and decreased water absorbtion in the collecting duct.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The descending limb of the loop of Henle is water permeable, so the water flows from the filtrate to the interstitial fluid.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
By the time the filtrate reaches the DCT, most of the urine and solutes have been reabsorbed.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
"I did hate to ask you, but it would be a shame to waste all that immaculate filtrate."
From Mate in Two Moves by Winston K. Marks
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
You would have deemed them Trees of Life; but underneath their branches grew no blade of grass, no herb, nor moss; the bare earth was scorched by heaven's own dews, filtrated through that fatal foliage.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
Their conception of national government was still that national legislation filtrated from Congress to the State legislatures, and through that medium to the people.
From Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Albert Bushnell Hart
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
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
Then, putting all the liquor together, and filtrating, to separate the too gross particles, he evaporated it over a slow fire, till it was brought to an extract of a pretty moderate consistence.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
