FILTRATE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'filtreyt
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter [v] remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

	Synonyms:	filter, filter out, separate out, strain

	See Also:	fluid, percolate, product, separate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Fil"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filtrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filtrating}. ] [Cf. LL. filtrare. See {Filter}.] To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation. --Arbuthnot. \Fil"trate\, n. That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.