diluent
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin diluens, from diluere. See dilute.
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Noun edit
diluent (plural diluents)
- That which dilutes.
- (analytical chemistry) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.
- (medicine) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 230-231:
- But the case was pressing, and the nearest medical practitioner was sent for. On examining the throat, he expressed his desire that a physician should be called in, and accordingly a gentleman, duly authorized, made his appearance, and prescribed gargles and diluents secundem artem.
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Translations edit
That which dilutes
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A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing
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An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood
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A weak drink
Adjective edit
diluent (comparative more diluent, superlative most diluent)
- Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, especially of water.
- 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […], →OCLC:
- there is no real Diluent but Water, every Fluid is diluent as it contains Water in it
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References edit
- “diluent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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diluent
Latin edit
Verb edit
dīluent