Definition of Filter. Meaning of Filter. Synonyms of Filter

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Definition of Filter

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Filter Fil"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtering] [Cf. F. filter. See Filter, n., and cf. Filtrate.] To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter. Filtering paper, or Filter paper, a porous unsized paper, for filtering.
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Filter Fil"ter, n. [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.] 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. Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. Filter gallery, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also infiltration gallery.
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Filter Fil"ter, v. i. To pass through a filter; to percolate.
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Filter Fil"ter, n. Same as Philter.

Meaning of Filter from wikipedia

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- Filter is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, by singer Richard Patrick, along with guitarist and programmer Brian Liesegang. The...
- In statistics and control theory, Kalman filtering (also known as linear quadratic estimation) is an algorithm that uses a series of measurements observed...
- filter depends on the filter design. The filter is sometimes called a high-cut filter, or treble-cut filter in audio applications. A low-p**** filter is...
- #NoFilter is a hashtag used on social media to indicate that no social media filter has been used. It is commonly used on Instagram. According to research...
- An astronomical filter is a telescope accessory consisting of an optical filter used by amateur astronomers to improve the details and contrast of celestial...
- Canister filter may refer to various types of filter in different systems: Canister-styled aquarium filters Canister filter, a filter in the canister of...
- In computing, a Bloom filter is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure, conceived by Burton Howard Bloom in 1970, that is used to test whether...
- Equalization filter may refer to: A filter for audio equalization A filter for communications equalization Analogue filter Audio filter Electronic filter This...
- A filter is a computer program or subroutine to process a stream, producing another stream. While a single filter can be used individually, they are frequently...