Definition of "filterable" [filterable]

• That can be filtered or separated by filtering: filterable solutions of granular matter. (adjective)
• That can pass through a given pore size. (adjective)

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• "The class of organisms known as the filterable viruses or the ultra-microscopic or the invisible organisms have a special interest in many ways."
• "It will pass through the Berkfelt filter, which is the most minute filter known to science, and is therefore known as a filterable virus."
• "Further investigations revealed the fact that blood from affected horses, even when passed through porcelain filters, may transmit the disease, thereby proving that the causative agent belongs to the so-called filterable viruses."