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diluent
  1. That which dilutes.
  2. (analytical) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.
  3. (medicine) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I added a few drops of water as a diluent to reduce the intensity of the concentrated dishwashing liquid.”
dilution
  1. The process of making something dilute.
  2. A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The dilution of the paint resulted in a lighter shade on the walls.”
      “The dilution of the medicine caused a significant reduction in its effectiveness.”
      “The dilution of the medication resulted in a weaker dosage, rendering it less effective.”
diluter
  1. A substance used for diluting.
  2. (chemistry) A device that adds a measured amount of sample to a measured amount of diluent.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Stir in the tomatoes with their juice, 1 cup of chicken broth, the capers, the diluter tomato paste and the basil.”
      “It was further found that the PBA melt acted as a diluter, affecting the morphology of PBS, which in turn influenced the phase separation behavior of PBA remarkably.”
      “Because the beginning of the industrial activities in 2004, the Uppanar River has become the primary receiver and diluter of the liquid effluents discharged, as the industrial district area is cut off by the stream.”
dilutionist
  1. (dated) One who follows the homeopathic practice of diluting remedies.
dilutant
  1. A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In the centesimal system of potentisation, one drop of the raw material is diluted or dissolved in 99 drops of the dilutant.”
      “But it assumes that the dilutant is in virtually unlimited supply for the application or that resulting dilutions are acceptable in all cases.”
      “But the drawback to this approach is that most published threshold values use water as the dilutant of the compound.”
diluteness
  1. The state or quality of being dilute.
dilutor
  1. Alternative form of diluter
  2. Examples:
    1. “This modified method can be used only on dilutor systems, but not on nondilutor systems.”
dilutionists
  1. plural of dilutionist
dilutants
dilutions
  1. plural of dilution
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All the solutions and dilutions of the compounds were prepared immediately before use.”
      “Secondary antibodies, dilutions, and mounting conditions were as described above.”
      “The septicaemic isolates were observed to produce cytotoxic changes in high dilutions of culture filtrate.”
diluents
  1. plural of diluent
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It may contain any of the diluents, with the exception of starch, permitted for powdered extracts.”
      “Quantitative information concerning the concentrations of the pigments and diluents comprising the inks was not provided.”
      “There's no problem about getting a silver content done, but he might get curious about why I need all the extra info on diluents and trace metals.”
diluters
dilutors
  1. plural of dilutor
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