filterable

Able to be separated by filtration

Adjective

  1. Able to be separated by filtration
  2. That can pass through a specified filter

Origin

Etymology tree English filter Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English filterable From filter + -able.

Forms

more filterable most filterable

Antonyms

unfilterable

Derived

filterable virus nonfilterable