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biofilter

noun

Etymology

From bio- + filter.

  1. derived from *felt✻
  2. derived from *filtir✻
  3. derived from filtrum
  4. inherited from filtre
  5. prefixed as biofilter — “bio + filter”

Definitions

  1. Any device for carrying out biofiltration.

    • Fragrant gasses such as cadaverine and putrescine are treated with a biofilter before being released.

  2. To filter by means of biofiltration.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biofilter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA