'Filtrate' definitions:
Definition of 'filtrate'
(from WordNet)
noun
The product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
verb
Remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" [syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out]
Definition of 'Filtrate'
From: GCIDE
- Filtrate \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Filtrate'
From: GCIDE
- Filtrate \Fil"trate\, n. That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration. Contrasted with retentate, the material remaining on the filter. [1913 Webster]