special filter

collocation in English

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special
adjective
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/ˈspeʃ.əl/us
/ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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filter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪl.tər/us
/ˈfɪl.tɚ/
any of several types of equipment or devices for removing solids from liquids or gases, or for removing particular types ...
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(Definition ofspecialandfilterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is used to acquire a gas sample, filter out the radioactive particulates through aspecialfilterand then count the radioactive decay.
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The filter system then passes the data on to a "backend" aspecialfilterthat sends print data to a device or network connection.
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The three of them work on the car, and convert it to run on vegetable oil using aspecialfilter.
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Internally, the game engine utilised three dimensions to model the characters and objects, but then aspecialfilterwas used to render them two-dimensionally to the screen.
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The newly designed light cigarette employed aspecialfilterperforated with small holes; these perforated filters allegedly offset the concentration of inhaled harmful smoke with clean air.
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With the help of special filters they can introduce the dynamics of environment.
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Specialfiltertools are present to highlight text or an area, as well as obfuscating tools (blur / pixelize) which can be used to wipe out sensitive data from a screenshot.
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These artificial lights produce a diffuse background illumination that makes observation of faint astronomical features very difficult without special filters.
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Special filters must be used if such sources are to be safely viewed.
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Several measures are undertaken to prevent a repeat of the incident, like the installation of special filters.
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This made photographing clouds particularly difficult because unless special filters were used the sky would appear very light and the clouds would be lost against it.
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These instruments use special filters to reach the desired wavelength, and can extend measurements well into the near infrared (though a special viewer is required to see the infrared rays).
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Images taken through special filters (able to see through the moon's global haze) showed south polar clouds thought to be composed of methane and surface features with widely differing brightness.
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