filterers
Those who screen
Filterers are those who filter—people or things that pass substances through a medium to remove impurities or separate components.
The word applies to workers who operate filtration equipment, organisms that feed by straining water Mussels are efficient filterers, or anyone who screens information: Social media filterers decide what content users see.
Perforated filtering vessels
- sievesPerforated filtering vessels
- colandersPerforated draining bowls
- meshesInterlocks or harmonizes
- percolatorsDevices brewing by cycling steam
purifiers · clarifiers · separators · screens · membranes · cartridges · decanters · skimmers
Those controlling entry
- curatorsCollection caretakers
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
- censorsThose who suppress content
- screenersThose who vet applicants
editors · reviewers · selectors · sorters · regulators · arbiters · validators · vetters
Purification via vaporization
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- deionizationRemoval of ionic content
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- adsorptionAccumulation on a surface
aeration · coagulation · flocculation · precipitation · clarification · screening · percolation · extraction
strainers
Perforated filtering vessels
percolators · purifiers · clarifiers · separators · screens · membranes · cartridges · decanters · skimmers · centrifuges
gatekeepers
Those controlling entry
- curatorsCollection caretakers
- moderatorsThose regulating discussions
- censorsThose who suppress content
screeners · editors · reviewers · selectors · sorters · regulators · arbiters · validators · vetters · evaluators
distillation
Purification via vaporization
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- deionizationRemoval of ionic content
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
adsorption · aeration · coagulation · flocculation · precipitation · clarification · screening · percolation · extraction · separation
filterersmixers
Combination devices or gatherings
blenders · combiners · amalgamators · mergers · integrators
filtererscontaminators
Sources of impurity
polluters · adulterators · defilers · corrupters · infusers
- filtered outRemoved by selection criteria
- filtered lightIllumination passing through obstruction
- filtered downPassed through gradually
- filtered cigarettesTobacco tubes with screening ends
- filtered honeyStrained bee-made sweetener
- filtered bottleContainer with built-in purifier