ex´fil|tra´tion — ex|fil|trate «ehks FIHL trayt, EHKS fihl trayt», transitive verb, intransitive verb, trat|ed, trat|ing. U.S. Military Slang. to get out of a hostile area stealthily or unnoticeably; slip out through the enemy lines: »During the night, the Viet… … Useful english dictionary
ul|tra|fil|tra|tion — «UHL truh fihl TRAY shuhn», noun. = reverse osmosis. (Cf. ↑reverse osmosis) … Useful english dictionary
fil·tra·tion — /fılˈtreıʃən/ noun [noncount] technical : the act or process of removing something unwanted from a liquid, gas, etc., by using a filter water filtration … Useful english dictionary
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
fil — aero·fil·ter; af·fil·i·a·tion; al·fil·a·ria; al·fil·e·ri·llo; de·fil·er; de·fil·ing·ly; fil·a·ment; fil·a·men·ta·ry; fil·a·ment·ed; fil·a·men·tous; fil·a·ree; fil·a·ri·a·sis; fil·a·ri·idae; fil·a·ture; fil·beard; fil·bert; fil·ial; fil·ial·i·ty;… … English syllables
ex|fil|trate — «ehks FIHL trayt, EHKS fihl trayt», transitive verb, intransitive verb, trat|ed, trat|ing. U.S. Military Slang. to get out of a hostile area stealthily or unnoticeably; slip out through the enemy lines: »During the night, the Viet cong remnants… … Useful english dictionary
filtration — fil·tra·tion (fĭl trāʹshən) n. The act or process of filtering. * * * … Universalium
filtrate — fil•trate [[t]ˈfɪl treɪt[/t]] v. trat•ed, trat•ing, n. 1) to filter 2) chem. liquid that has been passed through a filter • Etymology: 1605–15; < ML filtrātus, ptp. of filtrāre to filter fil′trat•a•ble, adj. fil•tra′tion, n … From formal English to slang
filtration — fil|tra|tion [fılˈtreıʃən] n [U] the process of cleaning a liquid by passing it through a ↑filter … Dictionary of contemporary English
filtration — fil|tra|tion [ fıl treıʃn ] noun uncount SCIENCE the process of removing something from a substance by passing the substance through a FILTER … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English