titration

British  

/ taɪˈtreɪʃən /

noun

1. 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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titration Scientific  

/ tī-trā′shən /

1. 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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titration Cultural  

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

Example Sentences

That means they may want to increase the dose more slowly rather than sticking to the standard titration schedule.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

A summary of pH/volume data pairs for the strong and weak acid titrations is provided in Table 14.2 and plotted as titration curves in Figure 14.18.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

A 0.3420-g sample of KHC8H4O4 reacts with 35.73 mL of a NaOH solution in a titration.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

In the strong acid titration, use of any of the three indicators should yield reasonably sharp color changes and accurate end point determinations.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

My life is now a desperate struggle for survival. . . with occasional titration.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir