dilution
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
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.
- The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
- (finance) Short for share dilution.
Antonyms
Translations
process of making something dilute
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From diluer + -tion, rather than borrowed from Late Latin dīlūtiō.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
dilution f (plural dilutions)
Further reading
- “dilution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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