Filter

  • 41Filter — A rule that stipulates when a security should be bought or sold according to past price action. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * Ⅰ. filter UK US /ˈfɪltər/ noun [C] IT ► a computer program that receives and processes information before… …

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  • 42filter — A rule that stipulates when a security should be bought or sold according to its price action. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * Ⅰ. filter UK US /ˈfɪltər/ noun [C] IT ► a computer program that receives and processes information before… …

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  • 43filter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Filter is used before these nouns: ↑coffee, ↑paper Filter is used after these nouns: ↑charcoal, ↑water {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Filter is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑moonlight, ↑sunlight Filter is used… …

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  • 44Filter — Fịl·ter der; s, ; 1 eine Art feines Sieb, durch das man Flüssigkeit, Gas oder Rauch leitet, damit die schädlichen von den unschädlichen oder die gewünschten von den unerwünschten Stoffen getrennt werden <etwas durch einen Filter gießen; einen …

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  • 45filter — {{11}}filter (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. filtre and directly from M.L. filtrum felt, which was used to strain impurities from liquid, from W.Gmc. *filtiz (see FELT (Cf. felt)). Of cigarettes, from 1908. {{12}}filter (v.) 1570s, from M.L. filtrare …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 46filter — i. A device to trap and hold all impurities or solids beyond a specific thickness. The thicknesses of impurities are measured in microns. See fuel filter. See also micron (i). ii. To study all information and discard what is irrelevant. iii. A… …

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  • 47filter — [ˈfɪltə] noun [C] I a piece of equipment that removes substances that are not wanted from a liquid or gas a water filter[/ex] II verb filter [ˈfɪltə] 1) [I] if light or sound filters into a place, only a little of it enters that place The August… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 48filter — [14] Ultimately, filter is the same word as felt – and indeed that is what it first meant in English (‘They dwell all in tents made of black filter’, John Mandeville, Travels 1400). It comes via Old French filtre from medieval Latin filtrum,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49filter — noun 1》 a porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it.     ↘a screen, plate, or layer which absorbs some of the light passing through it.     ↘a device for suppressing electrical or sound waves… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50filter — [14] Ultimately, filter is the same word as felt – and indeed that is what it first meant in English (‘They dwell all in tents made of black filter’, John Mandeville, Travels 1400). It comes via Old French filtre from medieval Latin filtrum,… …

    Word origins