stock solution

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.

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Example Sentences

By adding solvent to a measured portion of a more concentrated stock solution, a solution of lesser concentration may be prepared.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Find the volume of the stock solution, V1 by rearranging the dilution equation to isolate V1:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The stock solution will doubtless be for the hapless to retrain for better, more creative, more meaningful jobs, putting aside the dubious evidence for whether that actually works – retrain for what exactly?

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2017

Or to a pint of the stock solution, as it is called, you may add three pints of water.

From Advanced Toy Making for Schools by Mitchell, David M.

Put this in your stock solution bottle, and keep it in a dark place for twenty-four hours.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various