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
Second, the filtrate is collected in the renal tubules.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Further up, sodium is actively transported out of the filtrate, and chlorine ions follow.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Absorption of water from the filtrate would decrease, indicated by decreased loss of water in the ascending loop of Henle, increased solute secretion into the distal tubule, and increased water absorption in the collecting duct.
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
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
When a large quantity of fluid is to be filtrated, the paper is supported by the frame of wood, Pl.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
A tiny streak of light filtrated through a small curtained window in the concierge's lodge; it served to guide Kennard to the foot of the narrow stone staircase which led to the floors above.
From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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
“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
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
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
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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