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filtrate

[fil-trayt] / 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

The filtrate coming out of the kidneys is called urine.

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

Second, the filtrate is collected in the renal tubules.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Should other metals than alkali metals be suspected present the filtrate from the silica determinations should be examined.

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 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

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

For the ordinary purposes of society, river-water is frequently filtrated by means of clean washed sand, to separate its impurities.

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

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

“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

I have frequently alluded to a branch of physical 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 The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh

Of the father of one of our friends, he observed, 'He never clarified his notions, by filtrating them through other minds.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill


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