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It’s all showcased in an easy-to-understand, filterable computer dashboard that’s customizable by region, timeline, and specific crop.
—Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
In 1901, American researchers studying yellow fever in Cuba concluded that the disease carried by mosquitoes was caused by something small enough to be filterable, too.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
In 1898, the same year as Beijerinck’s work was published, foot-and-mouth disease in cattle became the first animal illness linked to a filterable agent, or a microbe small enough to pass through a porcelain filter.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
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First Known Use
1800, in the meaning defined above
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“Filterable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filterable. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
filterable
adjective
fil·ter·able
variants
also filtrable
: capable of being separated by or of passing through a filter
Medical Definition
filterable
adjective
fil·ter·able
variants
also filtrable
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