dilution

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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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.
5. (copyright law) Short for trademark dilution.

Antonyms

• concentration

Derived terms

• antidilution
• antidilution
• biodilution
• biodilution
• dilutional
• dilutional
• dilutionary
• dilutionary
• dilutionist
• dilutionist
• hemodilution
• hemodilution
• isotope dilution
• isotopic dilution
• macrodilution
• macrodilution
• microdilution
• microdilution
• nondilution
• nondilution
• overdilution
• overdilution
• postdilution
• postdilution
• predilution
• predilution
• subdilution
• subdilution
• thermodilution
• thermodilution
• underdilution
• underdilution
• undilution
• undilution

 

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)
• Finnish: laimennus (fi), laimentaminen (fi)
• French: dilution (fr) f
• German: Verdünnung (de) f
• Italian: diluizione (it) f, stemperamento m
• Malay: pencairan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fortynning m or f

  Nynorsk: fortynning f

• Polish: rozcieńczanie n
• Portuguese: diluição (pt) f
• Russian: разбавле́ние (ru) n (razbavlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: lagachadh m
• Spanish: dilución f
• Swedish: utspädning c

solution with additional solvent to make it weaker

• Finnish: laimennos

process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones

finance: share dilution — see share dilution

Anagrams

• toluidin

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

dilution f (plural dilutions)

1. dilution

Further reading

• “dilution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.