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filtrate

[fil-treyt] / 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

The filtrate coming out of the kidneys is called urine.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Absorption of water from the filtrate would decrease, indicated by decreased loss of water in the descending loop of Henle, increased solute secretion into the distal tubule, and decreased water absorbtion in the collecting duct.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

As the filtrate enters the ascending limb, Na+ and Cl- ions exit through ion channels present in the cell membrane.

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 E. G. Thomssen

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

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

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

This was not acting, but the flashing of a stream where the sunshine reached to its bed; was filtrated through pure, sweet waters.

From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland

Their conception of national government was still that national legislation filtrated from Congress to the State legislatures, and through that medium to the people.

From Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Albert Bushnell Hart

“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

Of the father of one of our friends, he observed, 'He never clarified his notions, by filtrating them through other minds.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill

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

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




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