filter
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "filter"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to separate or remove unwanted items from a set, group, or stream based on specific criteria or conditions
Transitive: to filter items
to filter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The software helps researchers filter irrelevant data points from their analysis.
āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻž āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to pass gas, liquid, light, etc. through something in order to remove unwanted substances
Transitive: to filter a substance or light
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is currently filtering the oil to remove any debris or contaminants.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϤ⧇āϞ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāϏ

to pass through or as if through a filtering device or process
Intransitive: to filter through solid material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The air filters through the vents, removing dust particles as it circulates.
āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧂āϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻŖāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move slowly or steadily in a particular direction
Intransitive: to filter somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crowd filtered into the stadium, slowly filling the seats.
āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āφāϏāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
01

a device that removes unwanted substances or particles from liquids, gases, or other materials passing through it

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The air filter needed replacement after months of use.
02

an electrical component that modifies the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers adjusted the filter to improve signal clarity.
03

āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ

(computing) a piece of software that blocks or sorts particular types of information that is sent to a computer
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He installed a filter to sort out unwanted website traffic.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āĻ›āĻŋāϤ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāϟ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

an accessory or device placed in front of a camera lens or sensor to modify the light entering the camera

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The photographer used a neutral-density filter for a long exposure.
05

a digital tool or feature that modifies or enhances photos or videos by applying effects or adjustments for a desired visual result

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The app includes filters to adjust brightness and color.
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