Etymology

nanofiltration

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Today it means: Pressure-driven filtration through a membrane that removes particles of about two nanometres or larger Full definition →

English filtration ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishfiltration
  5. English todaynanofiltration

From nano- + filtration.

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