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Definition of Dilute

1. Adjective. Reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity. "Dilute acetic acid"

2. Verb. Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. "Cut bourbon"

3. Verb. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. "Adulterate liquor"

Definition of Dilute

1. v. t. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

2. v. i. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.

3. a. Diluted; thin; weak.

Definition of Dilute

1. Verb. (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. ¹

4. Adjective. Having a low concentration. ¹

5. Adjective. Weak; reduced in strength due to dilution, diluted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dilute

1. to thin or reduce the concentration of [v -LUTED, -LUTING, -LUTES]

Medical Definition of Dilute

1. 1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. "Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more." (Blackmore) 2. To diminish the strength, flavor, colour, etc, of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken. "Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light." (Sir I. Newton) Origin: L. Dilutus, p. P. Of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. To lavare to wash, lave. See Lave, and cf. Deluge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilute

diloxanide furoate diltiazem diltiazem hydrochloride diltiazems dilucid dilucidate dilucidated dilucidating dilucidation dilucidations

diluent diluents dilutable dilutant dilutants dilute (current term) dilute alcohol dilute phosphoric acid diluted diluted hydrochloric acid

dilutee dilutees diluteness dilutenesses diluter diluters dilutes diluting dilution dilution anaemia

Literary usage of Dilute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"In a recent paper by Mr. EF Burton' some numbers are given which shew that, when dilute hydrochloric acid was added to a colloidal solution of silver, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"On the Absorption Spectra of dilute Solutions ... The difference tends to disappear as the solutions become more dilute, and it is increased by the addition ..."

3. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Gray (1896)
"They have small specific molecular conductivity in very dilute solutions, but as the concentration is increased the conductivity rises, reaches a maximum ..."

4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"THIS paper is an account of a few experiments that were made with dilute solutions ... In experiments with dilute solutions in water there seem to be two ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"The relative conductance of salts in dilute solutions, the word "salts" being used in a ... For less dilute solutions a larger number of lamps must be used. ..."

6. Report (1913)
"The concentration of a dilute solution is an index of the number of ions in that solution, and in the same way the electrical resistance is dependent on the ..."

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