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 collecting ducts collect filtrate coming from the nephrons and fuse in the medullary papillae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Further up, only sodium is passively transported out of the filtrate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Collect the filtrate in a liter flask marked at 250 cc. and wash with boiling water until the filtrate reaches the mark.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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
I then added thirty grains of strong quick-lime in exceeding fine powder, shook the mixture well, and filtrated it.
From Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances by Joseph Black
He sat at his desk with the scanty light, which filtrated between the curtains, immediately behind him, his ungainly form with the high shoulders and mop-like, shaggy hair half swallowed up by the surrounding gloom.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
“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
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
Others cleaned it by filtrating, but it went through so slowly that they could ill endure to wait so long, and were loath to lose so much precious liquid.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr
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
