clearing
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈklɪrɪŋ/
- Specialized
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filtración
- Down by Mctominate, the Hayer maybe could have got a hand to it, just poor clearing of the lines from the back.
Examples
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In this special section of The Clearing House, Roberta Camp makes that point clear when she characterizes portfolio reflection as the basis for dialogue.
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The vault in question belongs to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation or DTCC, a clearing house for Wall Street firms, owned by Wall.
Blog text (5) -
I can adjust this clearing bit down and then I can begin removing material from the painting.
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Derivatives trading with no central clearing brought back the bucket shop.
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As several of the articles in this special section of The Clearing House demonstrate, teachers have many ways of asking for self-assessment.
Academic text (1998) -
Clearing of tissue was done in ethanol-xylene series.
Academic text (2014) -
The authors represented in this special section of The Clearing House, who have come to reading education via different routes, have nonetheless converged on one central theme:
Academic text (1998) -
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., an industry-run clearing house for Wall Street, said the contents of its vault "are likely damaged," after its building at 55 Water Street "sustained significant water damage" from the storm that battered New York City's financial district earlier this week.
Blog text (5) -
In this light, Snow Clearing over Mountain Peaks, like other earlier water mill landscapes, could be placed among the post-Song revivals of this theme, in which the season of snow, water mill, and wineshop were all transformed into moral metaphors and political symbols.
Academic text (2002) -
The clearing of sediment from the water improved its clarity significantly.
Synonyms
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3.8
Passing water or air through material to remove solid bits
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4.6
Making something clean by removing unwanted or harmful substances
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7.1
An act of removing unwanted people, things, or substances by cleaning
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6.3
Removing unwanted things or substances from something by cleaning
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6.0
Small solid pieces settle and build up at the bottom of a liquid
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5.0
Remove the top layer from a liquid to make it clear
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4.8
The process of removing solid bits from the liquid to make it clear
A process that removes very small particles from a liquid using a fine filter
Removes harmful or unwanted substances to make something clean
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.9
A central place where banks exchange payments and settle accounts daily
- Specialized
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4.8
An organization that collects and shares information or payments between other groups
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clearing comes from the simple word clear, which means 'free from dirt or cloud'. Imagine filtering water until it becomes see-through — this clearing is the act of removing tiny particles to make a liquid pure.