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filtration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /fɪlˈtɹeɪʃən/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felląder. Proto-West Germanic *feltbor. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin filtrumlbor. French filtre Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French filtrer Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French filtrationbor. English filtration Borrowed from French filtration.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A totally ordered collection of subsets.

Forms

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filtrations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

refiltration · haemofiltration · defiltration · postfiltration · enfiltration · thermofiltration · autofiltration · ultrafiltration · mycofiltration · leukofiltration · diafiltration · membrane filtration · leucofiltration · cryofiltration · nanofiltration · biofiltration · hypofiltration · immunofiltration · microfiltration · hyperfiltration · prefiltration · electrofiltration · bifiltration · hemofiltration · normofiltration · overfiltration

Relateds

exfiltration · infiltration

Translations (33)

ka ფილტრაცია (filtering) · ja 濾過 (filtering) · sv filtration (filtering) · be фільтра́цыя (filtering) · sk filtrácia (filtering) · cs filtrace (filtering) · kmr parzûnkirin (filtering) · id filtrasi (filtering) · sl filtracija (filtering) · fr filtration (filtering) · uk фільтра́ція (filtering) · tl pagsasala (filtering) · ar تَرْشِيح (filtering) · bg филтра́ция (filtering) · ru фильтра́ция (filtering) · it filtraggio (filtering) · sh filtrácija (filtering) · el διήθηση (filtering) · es filtración (filtering) · sh филтра́ција (filtering) · de Filtrierung (filtering) · mk филтрација (filtering) · ko 여과 (filtering) · fi suodatus (filtering) · cmn 過濾 /过滤 (filtering) · grc διήθησις (filtering) · ms penapisan (filtering) · ja 沪過 (filtering) · ko 려과 (filtering) · pl filtracja (filtering) · ro filtrare (filtering) · ro filtraj (filtering) · nl filtratie (filtering)