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Definition of: ultrafilter
(ul′trə·fil′tər) noun Chem.
A filter having extremely minute pores, as a living membrane or a film of gelatin on filter paper: used to sift out colloidal particles which pass through ordinary filters.
—ul′tra·fil·tra′tion (-fil·trā′shən) noun
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