Definition of Filtering

1. Verb. (present participle of filter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filtering

1. filter [v] - See also: filter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filtering

filter tip
filter up
filterabilities
filterability
filterable
filterbank
filterbanks
filtered
filtered down
filtered out
filtered up
filterer
filterers
filtergram
filtergrams
filtering
filtering cicatrix
filtering down
filtering operation
filtering out
filtering surgery
filtering up
filterlike
filters
filters down
filters out
filters up
filth
filthier
filthiest

Literary usage of Filtering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1881)
"In this method, the liquid is separated from the precipitate by the agency of a small disk of filtering paper, held against the perforated surface of a ..."

2. Internet Indecency: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and edited by John McCain (1998)
"PREPARED STATEMENT OF DAVID BURT, MLS, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, Filtering FACTS ... 3 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF Filtering SOFTWARE The ALA statements argues that ..."

3. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"The filtering bed upon which the sewage is discharged consists of one acre of ... The shape of the filtering bed was maile a little irregular to adapt it to ..."

4. Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine (1870)
"With this view, four filtering boxes were constructed of teak, ... The filtering materials consisted of silicious pebbles, and gravel of different sizes, ..."

5. The Internet in the Mideast and North Africa: Free Expression and Censorship by Eric Goldstein, Human Rights Watch, Hanny Megally, Dinah PoKempner, Michael McClintock, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"Second, in practical terms, the filtering technologies developed so far are ... Even when the stated motives for content-filtering have been justifiable, ..."

6. American Druggist (1888)
"AVERT efficient stirring apparatus, particularly ser- A RAPID filtering ... Between the upper and lower portion, a filtering plate is interposed which may ..."

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