diluent

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Etymology[edit]

Latin diluens, from diluere. See dilute.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪljuənt/
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diluent (plural diluents)

  1. That which dilutes.
  2. (analytical chemistry) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.
  3. (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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diluent (comparative more diluent, superlative most diluent)

  1. 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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diluent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of diluer

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dīluent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dīluō