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

The collecting ducts collect filtrate coming from the nephrons and fuse in the medullary papillae.

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

As the filtrate passes down the tubules, nutrients and other solutes are reabsorbed by capillaries.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In the filtrate remaining after having washed the fatty acids in the determination of total fatty and resin acids all the alkali present as soap, as carbonate and as hydroxide remains in solution as sulfate.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.