titrate

[tahy-treyt]

verb (used with or without object), ti·trat·ed, ti·trat·ing. Chemistry.

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.

Origin of titrate

First recorded in 1860–65; tit(e)r + -ate¹

Related formsti·tra·ta·ble, ti·tra·ble

[tahy-truh-buh l] /ˈtaɪ trə bəl/, adjectiveti·tra·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for titration

Historical Examples of titration

The acid numbers, determined by titration in the usual way, are 10-20 p.ct.
Researches on Cellulose
C. F. Cross
Fleury has proposed a titration by oxalic acid as follows:—2 grms.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
This may be done by titration in alcohol which has been neutralized.
Soap-Making Manual
E. G. Thomssen
The second titration gives the amount of caustic alkali present, and the difference between the two the proportion of carbonate.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
W. H. Simmons
Or the milk sugar may be determined by titration with a standard copper solution.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for titration

titration

noun

an operation, used in volumetric analysis, in which a measured amount of one solution is added to a known quantity of another solution until the reaction between the two is complete. If the concentration of one solution is known, that of the other can be calculated

titrate

verb

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

Derived Formstitratable, adjective

Word Origin for titrate

C19: from French titrer; see titre

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Word Origin and History for titration

1864, from French titrer, from titre "standard, title" (see title (n.)), also "fineness of alloyed gold;" in chemistry, the establishment of a standard strength or degree of concentration of a solution.

titrate

1870, from French titrer, from titre "title, qualification" (see titration).

Medicine definitions for titration

titration

[tī-trā′shən]

n.

The process, operation, or method of determining the concentration of a substance in a solution to which the addition of a reagent having a known concentration is made in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed, as shown by a color change or by electrical measurement, and then calculating the unknown concentration.

titrate

[tī′trāt′]

v.

To determine the concentration of a solution by titration or perform the operation of titration.

Related formsti′trat′a•ble adj.ti′tra′tor n.

Science definitions for titration

titration

[tī-trā′shən]

The process or operation of determining the concentration of a substance in solution. Titration is performed by adding to a known volume of the solution a standard reagent of known concentration in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed (as shown by a color change or by electrical measurement) and then calculating the unknown concentration.

Culture definitions for titration

titration

[(teye-tray-shuhn)]

In chemistry, the determination of what materials are present in a sample by adding precise amounts of known chemicals and observing the chemical reaction.

Note

The term titration is occasionally used informally to suggest extreme precision in some sort of measurement or determination.