dilution

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dilution (countable and uncountable, plural dilutions)

1. The process of making something dilute.
2. A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
3. The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
4. (finance) Short for share dilution.

Antonyms

• concentration

Translations

process of making something dilute

• Arabic: تَخْفِيف‎ m (taḵfīf)
• Bulgarian: разреждане n (razreždane)
• Catalan: dilució f
• Czech: ředění n
• Danish: fortynding c, udvanding c (figuratively), udtynding c (figuratively)
• 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

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

dilution f (plural dilutions)

1. dilution

Further reading

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