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TITRATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they titrate ... he / she / it titrates
Past simple: titrated
Past participle: titrated
-ing form: titrating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "titrate" is one way to...):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
titration (a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated)
titrator (an apparatus for performing a titration)
titre (the concentration of a solution as determined by titration)
