filtration
US/fɪlˈtɹeɪʃən/
filtration noun: the act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Noun
filtration (countable and uncountable, plural filtrations)
- The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
- A totally ordered collection of subsets.
filtration meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay
filtration in Tamil
- வடிகட்டுதல், வடிகட்டல், வடிக்கட்டல், வடித்தல், வடிகட்டிதல், வடிக்கட்டுதல்
filtration in Tagalog
- filtering
- pagsasala
filtration in Arabic
- filtering
- تَرْشِيح taršīḥ
filtration in Malay
- filtering
- penapisan
More languagesFewer languages
- filtration in Indonesian
- filtrasi
Examples of filtration in a sentence
- We represent pk-structures as orientable fatgraphs, which naturally leads to a filtration by their topological genus.
- Then, filtration is employed to separate the solid filtride from the liquid filtrate.
- During filtration the cells on the membrana were washed with a 37° C hot M-medium.
Forms of filtration
| plural | filtrations |
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Origin of filtration
Borrowed from French filtration.
Words formed from filtration
- autofiltration
- bifiltration
- biofiltration
- cryofiltration
- defiltration
- diafiltration
- electrofiltration
- enfiltration
- haemofiltration
- hemofiltration
- hyperfiltration
- hypofiltration
- immunofiltration
- leucofiltration
- leukofiltration
- membrane filtration
- microfiltration
- mycofiltration
- nanofiltration
- normofiltration
- overfiltration
- postfiltration
- prefiltration
- refiltration
- thermofiltration
- ultrafiltration
Words that rhyme with filtration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about filtration
- What does filtration mean?
- Filtration means the act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
- What is filtration in Tamil?
- Filtration in Tamil is வடிகட்டுதல், வடிகட்டல், வடிக்கட்டல். See Filtration meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is filtration?
- Filtration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce filtration?
- Filtration is pronounced /fɪlˈtɹeɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of filtration?
- The plural of filtration is filtrations.
Words near filtration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: filtration (page history and authors); filtration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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