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Dilution

/daɪˈljuːʃən/

The process of making something dilute.

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noun
  1. 1

    The process of making something dilute.

  2. 2

    A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.

  3. 3

    The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.

  4. 4

    Short for share dilution.

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dilutingverb(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

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concentrationnounThe act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

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dilutingverb(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
diluentnounThat which dilutes.
dilutenounAn animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
depletionnounThe consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
attenuationnounA gradual diminishing of strength.
disintegrationnounA process by which anything disintegrates.
dimmingnounThe process of becoming dim.
weakeningnounAn instance or process of loss of strength.
dismantlingnounThe act by which something is dismantled.
break-upnounAlternative spelling of breakup. [The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.]
softeningnounThe process of making something soft.
disbandmentnounThe act of disbanding
underminingnounThe act or process by which something is undermined.
flownounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
disbandingnounA disbandment.
dissolutionnounDissolving, or going into solution.
adulterationnounThe condition of being adulterated.
extendernounOne who extends.
potencynoun(usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
dimmernounA rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light

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