Filtering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of passing something through a filter. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Something that passes through a filter. countable, uncountable

    "the filterings from the subsoils"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of filter form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"Operating above Earth, free from the blurring and filtering effects of our planet’s atmosphere, Hubble can resolve astronomical objects ten to twenty times better than typically possible with large ground-based telescopes."

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