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dilute
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dilute
v.
make a liquid thinner or weaker, water down, reduce the strength of
adj.
diluted, watered down, thinned, reduced in strength
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Dilution
Dilution may refer to:
- Reducing the concentration of a chemical
- Serial dilution, a common way of going about this reduction of concentration
- Homeopathic dilution
- Dilution (equation), an equation to calculate the rate a gas dilutes
- Trademark dilution, a type of unlawful trademark use outside of the relevant market
- Stock dilution, the result of new shares of stock being issued by a company, thereby diminishing the percent ownership represented by previously existing shares
- Dilution gene, a gene that lightens the coat color of certain living things
- Expectational Dilution, the second album by the metalcore band Overcast
- Dilution ratio
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dilute
Verb
1. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
(synonym) thin, thin out, reduce, cut
(hypernym) weaken
(hyponym) water down
(derivation) dilution
2. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
(synonym) adulterate, stretch, debase
(hypernym) corrupt, spoil
(hyponym) water down
(verb-group) extend, stretch
(derivation) dilution
Adjective
1. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
(synonym) diluted
(similar) cut, thinned, weakened
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dilute
v.
ředit
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dilute
Czas.
rozcieńczać; rozwadniać
Przym.
rozcieńczony; rozwodniony
