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Meaning of filter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  filter
      n 1: device that removes something from whatever passes through
           it
      2: an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of
         signals passing through it
      v 1: remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the
           impurities" [syn: {filter}, {filtrate}, {strain}, {separate
           out}, {filter out}]
      2: pass through; "Water permeates sand easily" [syn:
         {percolate}, {sink in}, {permeate}, {filter}]
      3: run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream;
         "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports
         began to dribble in" [syn: {trickle}, {dribble}, {filter}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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