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filtration

noun [U]
 
 
/fɪlˈtreɪ.ʃən/

Definition

the act of passing a liquid or gas through a piece of equipment in order to remove solid pieces or other substances: a filtration unit/plant The technology exists to remove all of these contaminants through filtration.Separating and dividingRemoving and extracting
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