Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The operation of cleansing by washing and decanting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
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- noun The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
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Examples
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It is contained in the cellular tissue of the stem, and is separated by bruising and elutriation.
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Mr. Julian then referred briefly to the kinds of emery, its preparation by elutriation, etc., and cautioned operators against using rouge or tin putty powder in polishing rock sections, although they may be employed in polishing certain minerals and gems.
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It is principally from the starch of the bitter cassava that tapioca is prepared by elutriation and granulating on hot plates.
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Morasses in great length of time undergo variety of changes, first by elutriation, and afterwards by fermentation, and the consequent heat.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Though coal and clay are frequently produced in this manner, yet I have no doubt, but that they are likewise often produced by elutriation; in situations on declivities the clay is washed away down into the valleys, and the phlogistic part or coal left behind; this circumstance is seen in many valleys near the beds of rivers, which are covered recently by a whitish impure clay, called water-clay.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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The third elutriation seems to consist of vegetable acid, which by means unknown appears to be converted into all other acids.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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LEAP analysts are viewing the current events in the context of the general crisis that began in the late 1970s and is now in its fourth, final and most grave stage, the so-called 'elutriation phase', where the collapse of real economy begins.
Signs of the Times 2009
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LEAP analysts are viewing the current events in the context of the general crisis that began in the late 1970s and is now in its fourth, final and most grave stage, the so-called 'elutriation phase', where the collapse of real economy begins.
GlobalResearch.ca 2009
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The growth rate and critical size were then measured in detail by elutriation.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Heidi M. Blank et al. 2009
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Human monocytes were obtained by leukopheresis from HIV-1 and hepatitis seronegative donors and were purified by counter-current centrifugal elutriation.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arnaud Beduneau et al. 2009
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The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
October 14, 2008