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The correct spelling is filter.
How to pronounce filter
IPA: /ˈfɪltə/
Say it like: Fil-ter
The correct spelling is filter. 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. For example: "He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail."
Usage Examples
“He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail.”
“He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result.”
“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.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
- 3.Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
- 4.Self-restraint in speech.
- 5.A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
verb
- 1.To sort, sift, or isolate.
- 2.To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
- 3.To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
- 4.To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
- 5.To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
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