Filtrate Meaning
/ˈfɪltɹeɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.
verbTo filter.
Sentence Examples
The chemist carefully collected the filtrate.
The filtrate was then analyzed for impurities.
Please collect the clear filtrate in a clean glass beaker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After the mixture passed through the paper, we collected the clear liquid ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the lab experiment, the students collected the ____ in a clean beaker after the liquid passed through.
Word Origin & History
From the substantivation of New Latin filtrātus (“filtered”) past perfect participle of filtrō (“to filter”). Equivalent to filter (the verb) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Ashes boil'd in Water; and filtrated"
— 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the mixture passed through the paper, we collected the clear liquid ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the lab experiment, the students collected the ____ in a clean beaker after the liquid passed through.