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How to pronounce “filter”

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Pronunciation guide for filter

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of filter with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Rick Sammon's Pocket Guide to Travel PhotographyIf it's a short -- you know, like we were talking about polarizing filters before.
Definition summary: A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.

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Rick Sammon's Pocket Guide to Travel Photography

If it's a short -- you know, like we were talking about polarizing filters before.

[Noun]
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
(figurative) Self-restraint in speech.
(mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
(photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
(social media) An appearance-altering digital image effect.
[Verb]
(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
(transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
(intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
(intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
(intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
(intransitive, derogatory, fandom slang) To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.