What does "filtering" mean?

The process of passing something through a filter.

Filtering

Q: What is a synonym for "filtering"?

Common synonyms include: bolting, clarification, colature, destructive distillation, distillation, edulcoration.

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Definitions

Noun

1
The process of passing something through a filter. countable, uncountable
2
Something that passes through a filter. countable, uncountable
"the filterings from the subsoils"

Verb

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

bolting clarification colature destructive distillation distillation edulcoration

Example

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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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lane filtering

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