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filtrate

[fil-trayt] / ˈfɪl treɪt /




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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

Further up, sodium is actively transported out of the filtrate, and chlorine ions follow.

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

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 liquid is filter-pressed, and any excess of iron in the filtrate is precipitated by the careful addition of caustic soda and then removed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 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

The third is all over beset with Glandules thro' which are filtrated the serous Particles of the Blood contain'd in the Vessels of the second Tunicle.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

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

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

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

“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

She is, then, the essence filtrating from the declaration of Paul at Athens, that "of one blood hath God created all men to dwell upon earth."

From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

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

The straw serves to secure a proper passage for the water, and may be compared to the straws or glass rods used in filtrating, to keep the paper from touching the sides of the funnel.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier




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