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Definition of Diluting
1. dilute [v] - See also: dilute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diluting
Literary usage of Diluting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1893)
"Wm.. tor diluting Beer, r, ... for diluting Beer. 6t 9* h.sram Chas tor Wilful
Damage. 27/ 14 d an Inspector of the Police, for Summons under the Lottery ..."
2. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"The method of making the estimate, which is essentially the same with all three
of these instruments, consists, briefly, in first diluting the fresh blood ..."
3. Sewerage and Sewage Treatment by Harold Eaton Babbitt (1922)
"If the sewage to be disposed of by dilution contains unsightly floating matter,
oil, or grease, no amount of oxygen in the diluting water will prevent a ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"good results have been obtained by diluting with cold water, the former course
is advised, as the mixture will spray more easily. ..."
5. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Barley-water is used as a demulcent decoction; and for diluting cow's mflk for
infants, to prevent the precipitation of solid masses of casein in the ..."