diluent
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of diluent
1715–25; < Latin dīluent- (stem of dīluēns ), present participle of dīluere to dilute; -ent
Example Sentences
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To make Orinoco oil marketable, producers must blend it with lighter hydrocarbons, known as diluent, or upgrade it into a lighter synthetic crude using large industrial facilities.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
One was carrying Russian naphtha—a diluent Venezuela uses to mix with heavy oil—to the South American country when it turned tail in the Indian Ocean; the others were empty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
They are made by mixing high concentrations of salt in solvent with another liquid called a diluent, which makes the electrolyte flow better so that the power of the battery can be maintained.
From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023
Before dawn on a recent raw morning, Susan Bissonnette, the nurse in charge, prepared enough vials of the Pfizer vaccine and diluent for the first few hundred shots of the day.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2021
The doctors agreed; Epsom salts were bitter, diluent, absorbent, soluble, cathartic—everything that salts should be.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh
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