titrate
[tahy-treyt]
- 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.
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Origin of titrate
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The acid numbers, determined by titration in the usual way, are 10-20 p.ct.
Researches on CelluloseC. F. Cross
Fleury has proposed a titration by oxalic acid as follows:—2 grms.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
This may be done by titration in alcohol which has been neutralized.
Soap-Making ManualE. 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 ManufactureW. H. Simmons
Or the milk sugar may be determined by titration with a standard copper solution.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
titration
- 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
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titrate
- (tr) to measure the volume or concentration of (a solution) by titration
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Word Origin
C19: from French titrer; see titre
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Word Origin and History for titration
n.
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.
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titrate
v.
1870, from French titrer, from titre "title, qualification" (see titration).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
titration
(tī-trā′shən)- 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.
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titrate
(tī′trāt′)- To determine the concentration of a solution by titration or perform the operation of titration.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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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.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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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.
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Note
The term titration is occasionally used informally to suggest extreme precision in some sort of measurement or determination.
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