Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being filtered or separated by filtering.
- adjective Capable of being passed through a given pore size.
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- adjective Able to be
separated byfiltration - adjective That can pass through a specified
filter
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Examples
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It will pass through the Berkfelt filter, which is the most minute filter known to science, and is therefore known as a filterable virus.
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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The class of organisms known as the filterable viruses or the ultra-microscopic or the invisible organisms have a special interest in many ways.
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
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Further investigations revealed the fact that blood from affected horses, even when passed through porcelain filters, may transmit the disease, thereby proving that the causative agent belongs to the so-called filterable viruses.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Without antiviral drugs or a real understanding of the infectious agent (scientists argued for years over whether bacillus influenzae was the etiological agent of the 1918 flu pandemic, until a "filterable virus" was eventually determined to be the cause), patients were basically on their own against the disease, and the only useful response was a public health one.
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Without antiviral drugs or a real understanding of the infectious agent (scientists argued for years over whether bacillus influenzae was the etiological agent of the 1918 flu pandemic, until a "filterable virus" was eventually determined to be the cause), patients were basically on their own against the disease, and the only useful response was a public health one.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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In this single feed, there are links to blog posts more detailed than Bloomberg, opinions from expert traders, the equivalent of streaming news updates, all sortable, filterable, free and in real-time.
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These embedded maps are filterable, customizable and can be saved and shared.
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Today you have everything from very agnostic corporate web sites which are easily mashable, modifiable, and filterable.
Sustain That Brand 2007
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A few days ago, Technorati announced Blog Finder, which is something like a self-managed directory with results filterable by rank, alphabet, or content freshness.
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A few days ago, Technorati announced Blog Finder, which is something like a self-managed directory with results filterable by rank, alphabet, or content freshness.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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