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filtration

fɪlˈtreɪʃən
WordNet
Interesting fact
In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened
  1. (n) filtration
    the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
  2. (n) filtration
    the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) filtration
    The act or process of filtering; the process of mechanically separating and removing the undissolved particles floating in a liquid, as by passing the liquid through filtering-paper, charcoal, sand, etc. See filter.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Filtration
    act or process of filtering
Usage in the news

USDA requests city water filtration project be less than $5 million. evesun.com

Enter daily to win awesome water- filtration tools. blog.scoutingmagazine.org

The shoes are sold to fund water filtration systems and education in underdeveloped countries. eosun.com

Others are considering air filtration systems. nationalhogfarmer.com

Filters for Pre- Filtration of Biological Fluids. pharmpro.com

BWT – Amiad to Supply Disc Filtration to Calgon Carbon. marinelink.com

At Hy-Pro Filtration , our objective is to optimize the?reliability of hydraulic and?lubrication assets?to keep?plants operating at peak productivity. mt-online.com

Our innovative filtration products?solve?a range of?contamination challenges that plague hydrauli. mt-online.com

Complementing Buffalo Filter's current LapEvac® system, is the new PlumePortTM Laparoscopic Plume Filtration device that improves surgical visibility and protects staff from the hazards of smoke during laparoscopic procedures. surgicalproductsmag.com

Hydraulic Filtration Explored in February H&P. hydraulicspneumatics.com

In our promotional material sent to prospective advertisers about our February 2012 issue we promised to deliver a article about Hydraulic Filtration . hydraulicspneumatics.com

The Board will consider hiring independent contractor s to install and maintain air filtration systems in Wilmington and San Pedro schools. randomlengthsnews.com

A free symposium on air- filtration design and maintenance will be held Nov 24 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. hpac.com

Industrial dry vacuum provides maximum filtration . foodprocessing.com

Neptune -Benson Inc, a manufacturer of commercial pool filtration systems, has acquired the business of Lawson Aquatics Inc, a manufacturer of main drain and rim-flow system components. aquaticsintl.com

Usage in scientific papers

The basis {p# ρ } and filtrations in A In this section we review some results of [KO] and [IK].
Kerov's central limit theorem for the Plancherel measure on Young diagrams

Mazur, Filtrations on the homology of algebraic varieties.
Generalized Abel-Jacobi map on Lawson homology

Soul´e, Filtrations on higher algebraic K -theory, Algebraic K -theory (Seattle, WA, 1997), Proc.
A chain morphism for Adams operations on rational algebraic K-theory

Vagins, Selective Filtration of Gadolinium Trichloride for Use in Neutron Detection in Large Water Cherenkov Detectors, A Proposal for the U.S.
Gadolinium study for a water Cherenkov detector

A. Preprocessing : In the pre processing step, an image filtration is required to remove noise from the image, through background unification process to ease the isolation of patterns of interest (fish) from the background of the image in the next step.
Fish recognition based on the combination between robust feature selection, image segmentation and geometrical parameter techniques using Artificial Neural Network and Decision Tree

Usage in literature

In many cities the filtration system is so good that private care of the water supply is unnecessary. "General Science" by Bertha M. Clark

The sujjee is formed from the reha by filtration. "A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II" by William Sleeman

Filtration plant and a vitalized school, 206. "The Vitalized School" by Francis B. Pearson

Again, when the chemist wishes to finish his filtration quickly, he uses filters which have a large surface. "The Breath of Life" by John Burroughs

Evaporate the filtrate to a syrup, and extract with successive portions of absolute alcohol. "Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology" by W. G. Aitchison Robertson

A check is kept on the efficiency of the filtration and sterilization by mobile field laboratories. "On the Fringe of the Great Fight" by George G. Nasmith

The city's filtration plant was threatened. "The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado" by Logan Marshall

To the filtrate add 5 cc. "Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value" by Harry Snyder

The friction of the high pile of the velvet prevents the filtration of light through the joint. "Woodwork Joints" by William Fairham

It separates in the form of crystals from the anthracene oil on cooling, and is removed by filtration. "Coal" by Raphael Meldola