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Noun: filtration  fil'trey-shun
  1. The process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
    "The filtration of water through sand and gravel is a common purification method"
     
  2. The act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
    "The filtration process removed impurities from the water"

Derived forms: filtrations

Type of: action, activity, change, natural action, natural process

Encyclopedia: Filtration