filterable

Able to sift

Filterable describes something capable of being filtered—either passed through a filter or removed by one.

Water may be filterable to remove impurities; certain viruses are so small they remain filterable through membranes that catch bacteria.

In software, filterable data can be sorted or narrowed by criteria: The spreadsheet columns are all filterable.

Also spelled filtrable.

data

sortable

Able to be classified

indexable · refinable · customizable · adjustable · configurable · parameter · criteria · attribute · column · field

physical

mesh

Interlocking open weave

membrane · porous · permeable · semipermeable · perforated · strainer · cartridge · fabric · medium · aperture

substance

sediment

Particles settling in liquid

solids · debris · dregs · precipitate · turbidity · contaminant · colloid · suspension · effluent · permeate

process

separation

State of being apart

extraction · retention · flow · drainage · clarification · purification · screening · sifting · decanting · centrifugation

technology

HEPA

Strict air filtration standard

backwash

Categories
Opposites
separability by filtration

filterableunfilterable

Cannot be screened out

dissolved · soluble · colloidal · unremovable · inseparable

data/content selectability

filterableunfilterable

Cannot be screened out

fixed · static · unsortable · immutable · locked

separability

filterableunfilterable

Cannot be screened out

unfiltered · dissolved · inseparable · unextractable · irremovable

Family

unfilterable

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G