titrate

[tahy-treyt]

verb (used with or without object)

Chemistry.

titrated, titrating 

1. to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.

titrate

/ ˈtaɪtreɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to measure the volume or concentration of (a solution) by titration

Other Word Forms

• titratable adjective
• titrable adjective
• titration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of titrate¹

First recorded in 1860–65; tit(e)r + -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of titrate¹

C19: from French titrer; see _titre

Example Sentences

Now, guided by political calculus, the White House is trying to persuade Israel’s prime minister to titrate the lethal doses of bombing Gaza.

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"It's nice to be able to titrate in a virtual space for people who experience considerable distress even attempting to part with possessions."

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This means that if a patient reacts badly to a dose of 0.50, Stanford might keep them on 0.25 for six months before titrating them to the higher dose.

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“They could definitely have a lot of poor side effects, because they didn't titrate up to that level yet,” Godwin says.

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Bilger is understandably preoccupied with titrating Gönner’s cloudy complicity in a regime of pure evil, a task that — to someone outside the family circle — may not seem particularly urgent or even possible to finish.

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