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filtrate

7.4

A liquid or gas that passes through a filter and has fewer solids

noun
/ˈfɪltreɪt/

Specialized

: filtrado

The laboratory collected the filtrate after the solution passed through the filter to analyze its contents.
filtrate settling
filtrate settling tanks
filtrate treatment

Urine is plasma, ultra filtrate, ultra filtered plasma, ultra filtered blood.

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Examples

So the net effect here is that sodium gets moved from in this filtrate, this urine back into the blood.
Filtrate quality was not affected by the process modifications.

Academic text (1997)
And this is filtrate now, which is being processed in ways that allow the nitrogenous materials to be removed.
We prepared a composite sample of filtrate for each NP per water type per filtration method by collecting filtrate for 15 seconds at 1, 5, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes.

Academic text (2013)
Sludges removed from the filtrate settling tanks and effluent holding tanks at the conclusion of the project were hauled away for off-site disposal (413 gallons total).

Academic text (1997)
After filtering the mixture, the clear liquid left behind is known as the filtrate.
Researchers examined the filtrate to determine the purity of the chemical compounds it contained.

How Filtered

pure

390 1.0

distillate

Specialized

3 7.7

filtrate

Specialized

7.4

turbid

1 8.1

suspension

Specialized

6 5.7

slurry

Specialized

9 7.7

Surface Forms

filtrate singular

filtrates plural

Morphology

filtrate = filter (transparent) = filtr + ate

The noun is the product/result of filtering; learners knowing 'filter' can infer 'filtrate' as the liquid that has been filtered.

Etymology

Filtrate comes from filter, which was originally a cloth or felt used to strain liquids. So a filtrate is the liquid or gas that has passed through a filter and is the 'filtered' part you collect.