What does filter mean?
Definitions for filter
ˈfɪl tərfil·ter
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word filter.
Princeton's WordNet
filter(noun)
device that removes something from whatever passes through it
filter(verb)
an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out(verb)
remove by passing through a filter
"filter out the impurities"
percolate, sink in, permeate, filter(verb)
pass through
"Water permeates sand easily"
trickle, dribble, filter(verb)
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
"water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"
Wiktionary
filter(Noun)
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.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Noun)
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Noun)
Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Noun)
A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
The collection of cofinite subsets of u211D is a filter under inclusion: it includes the intersection of every pair of its members, and includes every superset of every cofinite set.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Verb)
To sort, sift, or isolate.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Verb)
To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Verb)
To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Verb)
To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
filter(Verb)
To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
Etymology: (noun) From filtrum, from West Germanic *filtiz.
Webster Dictionary
Filter(noun)
any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air
Etymology: [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.]
Filter(noun)
to purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter
Etymology: [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.]
Filter(verb)
to pass through a filter; to percolate
Etymology: [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.]
Filter(noun)
same as Philter
Etymology: [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.]
Freebase
Filter
Filter is an industrial rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released six studio albums, the most recent being The Sun Comes Out Tonight, which was released on June 4, 2013.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Filter
fil′ter, n. a contrivance arranged for purifying a liquid of solid insoluble matter by passing it through some porous substance which does not allow the solid particles to pass through.—v.t. to purify liquor by a filter.—v.i. to pass through a filter: to percolate.—ns. Fil′ter-pā′per, porous paper for use in filtering; Fil′ter-pump, a contrivance devised by the chemist Bunsen for accelerating the filtering process. [O. Fr. filtre—Low L. filtrum, felt.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
filter
[very common; orig. Unix] A program that processes an input data stream into an output data stream in some well-defined way, and does no I/O to anywhere else except possibly on error conditions; one designed to be used as a stage in a pipeline (see plumbing). Compare sponge.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
filter
In electronics, a device which transmits only part of the incident energy and may thereby change the spectral distribution of energy: a. High pass filters transmit energy above a certain frequency; b. Low pass filters transmit energy below a certain frequency; c. Band pass filters transmit energy of a certain bandwidth; d. Band stop filters transmit energy outside a specific frequency band.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
filter
A strainer to free water from its impurities, usually termed by seamen drip-stone (which see).
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'filter' in Nouns Frequency: #1863
Anagrams for filter »
trifle
lifter
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of filter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of filter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of filter in a Sentence
Gen. Mattis will give the President-elect unfiltered advice – my worry is what filter he sees it through, i want someone in the Pentagon who makes sure their military advice is not filtered by their career.
The Russian aircraft is equipped with external flow-through devices to collect particulates on filter paper and a compressor system for whole air samples collected in holding spheres.
The international justice system may not yet be equipped to filter out misleading information before shadows of incrimination are cast over entire nations and governments, human rights groups have condemned Myanmar based on unproven statements without the due process of criminal investigation.
Blue Sky primary school headteacher:
We analysed the water around, and we have a river like 50 metres far from here, and we saw that it is not healthy, that water. Then we took water from the government supply, but we also saw that it was not going to be healthy and we want the best things for our kids, so we decided to buy the filter.
If you go out during high-pollen times, you can wear a face mask designed to filter out pollens.
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- مصفايةArabic
- филтри́рам се, фи́лтър, просмуквам се, филтри́рамBulgarian
- filtre, filtrarCatalan, Valencian
- filtrCzech
- filterDanish
- filtern, Filter, passieren, filtrierenGerman
- φίλτροGreek
- filtriEsperanto
- filtrar, filtrarse, filtroSpanish
- صافی, فیلترPersian
- suodatin, suodin, suodattaa, siivilöityä, siivilöidä, erottua, suodattua, erottaa, tippua, hajottaa, valuaFinnish
- filtreFrench
- sìolaidhScottish Gaelic
- filtro, filtrarGalician
- מסנן, סינןHebrew
- फिल्टरHindi
- szűrőHungarian
- զտելArmenian
- SaringIndonesian
- filtro, filtrareItalian
- フィルター, 濾波器, 濾過器Japanese
- 여과기, 필터Korean
- filterLatin
- košti, filtruotiLithuanian
- filtrs, filtrēties, kāstuve, kāst, filtrētLatvian
- tātariMāori
- druppelen, filter, filteren, sijpelenDutch
- filterNorwegian
- rozproszyć, powoli, filtr, rozpraszać, napływać, przenikać, sączyć się, przeniknąć, filtrowaćPolish
- filtro, filtrarPortuguese
- ch'illchichiyQuechua
- filtra, strecuraRomanian
- проса́чиваться, фильтрова́ть, просочи́ться, фильтр, фильтрова́ться, отфильтрова́ть, профильтрова́тьRussian
- filter, filtreraSwedish
- chungi, kichungi, chungaSwahili
- వడపోతTelugu
- กรองThai
- filtreTurkish
- phin, lọcVietnamese
- פילטערYiddish
- 过滤器Chinese
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