filter Значение & определение

Значение на filter на български

• 0 any of several types of equipment or devices for removing solids from liquids or gases, or for removing particular types of light:

  • a water filter

  • a dust filter

  • Ozone is the earth's primary filter for ultraviolet radiation.

  • I like to experiment with different light filters on my camera.

  • You can apply filters to capture the most relevant data.

  • A filter on the company computer network is designed to block obscene material.

  • There's a filter that makes all your pictures look like old sepia photographs.

  • Instagram/Snapchat filters

• 1 a green, arrow-shaped light that is part of a set of traffic lights and tells drivers when they can turn left or right:

  • a traffic filter

  • a left/right filter

• 2 to appear or happen gradually or to a limited degree:

  • News filtered down to us during the day.

  • Reports about an accident began to filter in.

  • Sunlight filtered through the branches.

• 3 to remove solids from liquids or gases, or to remove particular types of light, using special equipment:

  • The water is filtered to remove any impurities.

  • Devices in the two chimneys would filter (out) (= remove) radioactive dust.

  • This command filters the search results by location.

  • The software is well suited to small mobile phone screens because it filters out unnecessary information.

  • Most email apps use spam filtering tools.

• 4 a piece of equipment or a device for removing solids from liquids or gases, or for limiting the particular type of light, sound, or electricity going through it:

  • an oil filter

  • a coffee filter

• 5 If something filters down, in, out, or through, it appears or happens gradually or to a limited degree:

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] Reports of the accident began to filter in.

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] Sunlight filtered through the branches.

• 6 a computer program that receives and processes information before displaying it or preventing it from being seen:

  • Junk email filters help define which email messages are spam.

  • This web filter enables administrators to monitor user behaviour.

• 7 to use a computer program to process information before displaying it or preventing it from being seen:

  • The company, whose products filter email and internet content, confirmed a record second quarter yesterday.