elutriate
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triˌeɪt verb (used with object), e·lu·tri·at·ed, e·lu·tri·at·ing.
1.
to purify by washing and straining or decanting.
2.
to separate the light and heavy particles of by washing.
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elutriate (ɪˈluːtrɪˌeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to purify or separate (a substance or mixture) by washing and straining or decanting | |
| [C18: from Latin ēlūtriāre to wash out, from ēluere, from ē- out + lavere to wash] | |
| elutri'ation | |
| —n | |
| e'lutriator | |
| —n | |
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Elutriate
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
Testing is performed on effluent, ambient surface water, pore water and elutriate.
Treated and clarified elutriate may be recycled in the flushing process.
Predicting the toxicity of bulk sediments to aquatic organisms using aqueous test fractions: pore water versus elutriate.
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