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filter

/ˈfɪltɚ/

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What does filter mean?

noun

  1. A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
  2. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
  3. Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
More meanings (11)

noun

  1. (figuratively) Self-restraint in speech.
  2. A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
  3. A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
  4. An appearance-altering digital image effect.

verb

  1. To sort, sift, or isolate.
  2. To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
  3. To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
  4. To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
  5. To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
  6. (derogatory, slang) To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.

proper noun

  1. A surname from German.
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Then, after the initial flash had passed, one could turn around and view the fireball through the filter glass.
Carl R. Maag; Steve RohrerProject Trinity, 1945-1946Project Gutenberg ebook #548
The larger sand grains touch and form comparatively large interstitial spaces into which the finer silt and clay grains filter.
John Andreas WidtsoeDry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low RainfallProject Gutenberg ebook #4924
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His name is associated with a method of steering balloons, and a filter for supplying Bordeaux with water from the Garonne.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
If now this be filtered, the silver will remain on the filter paper, while in the filtrate will be the copper.
Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) WilliamsAn Introduction to Chemical ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #3708
This lagoon receives, however, only the rain-waters, which filter through the banks of clay, and unite at the lowest point of the peninsula.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322