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 ascending loop of Henle, increased solute secretion into the distal tubule, and increased water absorption in the collecting duct.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
What would likely occur to the osmolarity of the filtrate in the ascending limb if the active transport of NaCl stopped?
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The filtrate coming out of the kidneys is called urine.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The washing is continued until the filtrate is free from salts or acids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" 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
Oh! thou didst well choose thy words, oh daughter of imperial Cæsar, for thy honeyed words were like the nectar which hid the poison that hath filtrated into my daughter's heart.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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
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
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
“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
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
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
