filtride

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Definition of filtride in English English dictionary

The substance which remains on the filter after the filtrate passes through it, although the word residue has grown to have the same meaning

A peculiar word which has come into use mysteriously, the fault of the Introduction to Physical Science curriculum. For lack of another word, the word filtride has came to mean the substance which remains on the filter after the filtrate passes through it, although the word residue has grown to have the same meaning

Etymology

() A peculiar word which has come into use mysteriously, the fault of the Introduction to Physical Science curriculum.