Filter

What do we mean by filter?

A porous material through which a liquid or gas is passed in order to separate the fluid from suspended particulate matter. noun

A device containing such a material, especially one used to extract impurities from air or water. noun

Any of various electric, electronic, acoustic, or optical devices used to reject signals, vibrations, or radiations of certain frequencies while allowing others to pass. noun

A colored glass or other transparent material used to select the wavelengths of light allowed to reach a photosensitive material. noun

A program or device that blocks e-mail or restricts website access when specific criteria are met. noun

To pass (a liquid or gas) through a filter. intransitive verb

To remove by passing through a filter. intransitive verb

To use a filter to block or restrict access to. intransitive verb

To pass through or as if through a filter. intransitive verb

To come or go gradually and in small groups. intransitive verb

A device for arresting and separating any matter mechanically suspended in a liquid. noun

Specifically In fish-culture, a long box in which screens, usually of flannel, are placed, through which the water is filtered before it passes into the hatching-troughs. Also called filtering-box, filtering-tank. noun

Same as felter.

See philter. noun

To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by passing it through a filter or any cleansing medium; strain.

Specifically In analytic chemistry, to separate (a solution) from the solid matter contained in it, either for the purpose of collecting and saving the solid matter, usually a precipitate, or of preparing the solution for further operations.

To percolate; pass through or as through a filter.

Same as philter. 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.

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.

Self-restraint in speech.

A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).

Filters are used to make your selfies look better Urban Dictionary

1. To think. 2. To make an incorrect assumption, assessment or interpretation. 3. To screw something up through bungled or inept actions. Urban Dictionary

A place where all of the shit collects something used to seperate unwanted materials from wanted materials. the unwanted materials stick with the filter. Urban Dictionary

When a motorcyclist rides down the middle of multilane traffic when it is stopped. Is very enjoyable to do in early morning peak hour traffic, much to the frustration of angry car drivers (especially asshole 4wders). When filtering through moving traffic, it is called lane-splitting. Filtering is far less dangerous. Urban Dictionary

When a girl is giving a boy oral sexual intercourse, the boy finishes in her mouth. However, after this takes place, the boy will then take a straw and suck the semen from her mouth. From there, he spits it back into her face as she screams, "filter me!" Urban Dictionary

A person who has no filter tells it how it is while being brutally honest. Others often can't tell if they're being serious or not. They say exactly what's on their mind no matter what the topic is about, or if it's with someone they just met. Honesty to the max, with good intentions. Urban Dictionary

A term used to describe someone who is very direct when conversing on various subjects. Anyone described as having no filter says exactly what is on his/her mind without cleaning up their language, no matter how offensive or politically incorrect it may be. Urban Dictionary

When a subject and/or class, usually in higher education scientific fields, is so convoluted and hard to follow, that it is impossible for one to succeed in it. This might be due to the professor, or the subject itself. In this case, the subject acts as a filter, preventing you from moving on to more advanced subjects that built upon it. This can often extend or apply to specific concepts included or related to a subject or class. In any of the above cases, it is fair to say that one has been filtered. Urban Dictionary

When somebody says anything on their mind and don't think about it. Someone who tells like it is and doesn't have a care about other people's feelings and go on about there doing. Urban Dictionary

When a casual lacks the skill to beat a challenge or boss. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to filter:
filter, falter, hilter, kilter, fitter, filler, filer, milter, fister, felter, tilter, filmer, folter, ilter, jilter.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word filter:
filtration, cutoff, filtering, particulate, ripple, attenuation, impedance, impulse, capacitors, capacitor, gaussian, spam, feeder, frequency, bandwidth, envelope, fourier, modulation, amplifier, fir, cake, topology, particles, pixel, wavelength, amplitude, unwanted, sensor, spectral, cigarette, signal, input, feeding, sampling, noise, lens, infrared, resonance, parameter, output, exhaust, analog, transform, dust, remove, desired, algorithm, voltage, optical, beds, linear, feedback, pump, vacuum, coffee, finite, bacteria, image, membrane, cloth, processing, parameters, formula, function, response, array, sample, spectrum, error, components, domain, sand, delay, liquid, width, paper, ideal, layer, implemented, samples, audio, circuit, matrix, transmission, camera, efficiency, element, feed, tube, medium, water, organic, component, bed, clean, phase, transfer, color, reduce, light.

Words that rhyme with filter:
kilter, quilter, throw out of kilter, built her, guilt her, jilt her, kilt her, quilt her, rebuilt her, spilt her, tilt her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe filter:
pass, digital, red, low, green, adaptive, linear, blue, ideal, active, simple, yellow, spatial, optical, dry, median, neutral, pole, gaussian, line, appropriate, narrow, suitable, optimal, type, tunable, mechanical, recursive, transversal, rapid, selective, rotary, light, passive, slow, extended, section, standard, highpass, fine, biological, sterile, continuous, typical, variable, crystal, sintered, effective, porcelain, coarse, aliasing, secondary, conventional, efficient, double, stage, nonlinear, bacterial, elliptic, anaerobic, glomerular, clean, folded, pre, dimensional, ceramic, time, porous, micron, activated, tared, corresponding, auditory, electrical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective filter:
paper, feeding, feeders, beds, system, press, sterilize, presses, off, tip, combination, model, technique, output, method, aid, plant, papers, theory, combinations, approach, design, systems, receiver, response, feed, circuit, cloth, effect, bed, cake, negative, plants, detection, function, unit, separation, style, type, ash, circuits, cigarettes, induction, element, feeder, waste, respirators, mask, tips, name, humus, characteristics, effluent, section, pulp, aids, units, bandwidth, cel, bank, cloths, techniques, out, pump, assembly, performance, down, configuration, bandwidths, outputs, strategy, passers, list, galleries, eel, cigarette, driers, operation, algorithm, media, pack, housing, arrangement, plate, detector, samples, coefficients, fig, firewall, bag, masks, architecture, analyzer, network.

Consonant match to filter:
falter, fealty, faulty, faulter, fall to, felter, felty, folta, fault a, fault he, fault her, fault i, fault o, felt a, felt he, felt her, felt high, felt i, felt thai.

Words that sound like filter:
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