filtrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
  2. verb remove by passing through a filter
    filter; separate out; filter out; strain.
    • filter out the impurities

WordNet

Fil"trate transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Filtrated ; present participle & verbal noun Filtrating
Definitions
  1. To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation. Arbuthnot.
Fil"trate noun
Definitions
  1. That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

Webster 1913