titre
Americannoun
noun
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the concentration of a solution as determined by titration
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the minimum quantity of a solution required to complete a reaction in a titration
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the quantity of antibody present in an organism
Etymology
Origin of titre
C19: from French titre proportion of gold or silver in an alloy, from Old French title title
Example Sentences
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The first is a clinically silent exponential phase, the rate of which is not limited by PrPC concentration, that rapidly reaches a maximal prion titre.
From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016
The anchorless PrPSc is highly infectious without causing toxicity112, and in other mammalian prion systems, the infectivity titre and toxicity seem to be uncoupled113.
From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016
This is followed by a phase that is characterized by plateauing of the prion titre, which continues until the onset of clinical signs.
From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016
We were all there for our jour civique, a daylong class in French history and government that is mandatory for all applicants for a titre de sejour, France’s residency card.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2014
When Madame de la Tournelle paid her first visit as Maîtresse en titre to Choisy, nothing would satisfy her but an escort of the noblest ladies in France, including a Princess of the Blood.
From Love affairs of the Courts of Europe by Hall, Thornton
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