Word Finder - filter

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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.

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Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.

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Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.

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He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail.

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Self-restraint in speech.

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He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result.

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

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If (1) the universal set (here, the set of natural numbers) were called a "large" set, (2) the superset of any "large" set were also a "large" set, and (3) the intersection of a pair of "large" sets were also a "large" set, then the set of all "large" sets would form a filter.

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To sort, sift, or isolate.

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This strainer should filter out the large particles.

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To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.

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The leaves of the trees filtered the light.

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To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

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The water filtered through the rock and soil.

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To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.

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The crowd filtered into the theater.

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To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road

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I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering.