dilution

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈljuːʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /daɪˈluʃən/, /dɪˈluʃən/

Noun

dilution (countable and uncountable, plural dilutions)

The process of making something dilute.
A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.

Antonyms

concentration

Translations

process of making something dilute

Arabic: تَخْفِيف‎ m (taḵfīf)
Bulgarian: разреждане n (razreždane)
Catalan: dilució f
Czech: ředění n
French: dilution (fr) f
German: Verdünnung (de) f
Italian: diluizione (it) f
Malay: pencairan

Norwegian:
Bokmål: fortynning m or f

Nynorsk: fortynning f
Portuguese: diluição (pt) f
Russian: разбавле́ние (ru) n (razbavlénije)
Scottish Gaelic: lagachadh m
Spanish: dilución f
Swedish: utspädning c

Anagrams

toluidin

French

Etymology

From diluer +‎ -tion, rather than borrowed from Late Latin dīlūtiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dilution f (plural dilutions)

dilution

Further reading

“dilution” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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