filters
English meaning: Filters
Definition
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.
Example
“You should replace the car's air and oil filters regularly.”
Another example: “The app offers dozens of filters to enhance your photographs.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Neutral to technical; the plural of 'filter', a device or process that removes unwanted matter, and in computing/photography a tool that selects or modifies data or images. Common in engineering, software, photography and social media.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Medieval Latin 'filtrum' (felt used to strain liquids), of Germanic origin; the plural and figurative senses developed over the 17th–20th centuries.
Synonyms
- screens
- strainers
- sieves
Related Words
- filter
- strain
- purify
- sieve
- membrane
- screen
Common Collocations
- air filters
- water filters
- spam filters
- apply filters
- oil filters
- photo filters
Word Forms
filter (n & v); filters (pl); filtered; filtering
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
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