adjective
- unable to be filtered or removed by filtration
Usage: technical; scientific
Examples
- The nonfilterable particles remained in the water after treatment.
- Scientists studied the nonfilterable components of the solution.
- The membrane could not remove the nonfilterable substances.
- Nonfilterable viruses passed through the laboratory filter.
- The water contained both filterable and nonfilterable contaminants.
- Researchers identified several nonfilterable compounds in the sample.