Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation high-efficiency particulate air
- abbreviation high-efficiency particulate arresting
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- initialism High Efficiency Particulate Air
filter .
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Examples
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We have a total of 11 beds for stem cell transplantation, all in HEPA-filtered rooms in a special HEPA-filtered unit that includes a playroom and exercise room.
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Allergists recommend purifiers that can filter out particles at least as small as 20 microns, the size of pollen (so-called HEPA filters, which must meet certain government standards, will do the trick).
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They have things that are called HEPA filters, designed for that very purpose, but they were telling us because of so much in the air they're actually getting clogged up, and some of that is actually still coming inside.
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The department of energy regulates the standards for a filter to be called a HEPA filter.
EzineArticles 2010
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Lengthy documents submitted to the Environment Minister on the RoD amendment yesterday provided new evidence that High-Efficiency Particulate Air filters, commonly known as HEPA filters, to be used in the fuel plant have inherent vulnerabilities that are potentially catastrophic.
Muti 2009
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A better paper accordian style "HEPA" type filter is available for these machines, but is can't be washed and is more expensive than the one that comes with them.
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"Many of our grants don't use the term 'mold remediation,' but do provide specific remediation, which might include wet vacuuming, damp wiping or HEPA -- high-efficiency particulate air -- vacuuming of interior spaces," said Manuel Broussard, FEMA spokesman in New Orleans.
Susan Buchanan: Post-Katrina, Mold Worries Subside But Hardly Disappear Susan Buchanan 2011
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I'm a conscientious parent, but I'm not a HEPA filter, she says.
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I'm a conscientious parent, but I'm not a HEPA filter, she says.
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"Many of our grants don't use the term 'mold remediation,' but do provide specific remediation, which might include wet vacuuming, damp wiping or HEPA -- high-efficiency particulate air -- vacuuming of interior spaces," said Manuel Broussard, FEMA spokesman in New Orleans.
Susan Buchanan: Post-Katrina, Mold Worries Subside But Hardly Disappear Susan Buchanan 2011
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