filtration

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fil=tra=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

filtration, n. [Cf. F. filtration.].

 The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

THESAURUS

filtration

bolting, clarification, colature, destructive distillation, distillation, edulcoration, effusion, elution, elutriation, essentialization, excretion, exfiltration, extraction, extravasation, exudation, filtering, leaching, lixiviation, ooze, oozing, percolating, percolation, purification, refinement, riddling, screening, seep, seepage, separation, sieving, sifting, spiritualization, straining, sublimation, transudation, weep, weeping, winnowing