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Definition of Diluted

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

Definition of Diluted

1. a. Reduced in strength; thin; weak.

Definition of Diluted

1. Verb. (past of dilute) ¹

2. Adjective. That has had something added in order to dilute it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diluted

1. dilute [v] - See also: dilute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diluted

Literary usage of Diluted

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"By estimating the total acidity of the test meal and of the diluted test meal ... Theoretically, then, if the stomach contents were diluted to such a point ..."

2. American Druggist (1890)
"Menstruum, diluted alcohol for both. No change proposed; lobeline easily ... Menstruum, 10 glycerin + diluted alcohol. New menstruum proposed in "Digest. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"In A, 1 volume of acid diluted to 80 volumes. In B, 1 volume diluted to 40. Copper in A was positive temporarily, value •02/0 ; and permanently, ..."

4. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The blood having been diluted, e. f/. to 100 times its volume, a small quantity of the diluted (and thoroughly mixed) blood, sufficient to occupy fully the ..."

5. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"To make three hundred and twenty grammes 320 Gì diluted Hydrochloric Acid is a ... Specific gravity: about 1.049 at 25° C. Evaporate 25 mils of diluted ..."

6. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"ble,) - hydrocyanic, (medicinal,) - nun i.in.-, . . . . -nitric, diluted, (1 to 7,) ... Alcohol, (rectified spirit,) .... diluted, ..."

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