filter
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈfɪltə/, SAMPA: /"fIlt@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈfɪltɚ/, SAMPA: /"fIlt@`/
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- Rhymes: -ɪltə(r)
[edit] Etymology
(noun) From Mediaeval Latin filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
[edit] Noun
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filter (plural filters)
- A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
- Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
- Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
- He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail.
[edit] Translations
device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
electronics or software to separate unwanted signal
any device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate
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[edit] Verb
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to filter (third-person singular simple present filters, present participle filtering, simple past and past participle filtered)
- (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
- This strainer should filter out the large particles.
- (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
- The leaves of the trees filtered the light.
- (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
- The water filtered through the rock and soil.
- (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
- The crowd filtered into the theater.
[edit] Synonyms
- (to sort, sift, or isolate) to filter out (something)
[edit] Translations
to sort, sift, or isolate
to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter
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to come or go a few at a time
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[edit] Danish
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filter n. (singular definite filtret or filteret, plural indefinite filtre)
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Inflection of “filter”
[edit] Dutch
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filter m. and n. (plural filters, diminutive filtertje)
[edit] Swedish
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filter n.
- A filter.

