Definitions for dilution

dilution di·lu·tion

Spelling: [dih-loo-shuh n, dahy-]
IPA: /dɪˈlu ʃən, daɪ-/

Dilution is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in dilution (diilnotu).

Definitions for dilution

noun

  1. the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
  2. something diluted.

Origin of dilution

First recorded in 1640-50; dilute + -ion

Examples for dilution

Is there not an infusion of Xenophon in Sophocles, as compared to Æschylus,—a dilution?

This staining can only be limited by dilution, but not by the addition of opposed dyes.

It may now be made up with beer to the proper measure of dilution.

The twelfth dilution would of course fill a million such lakes.

For the second dilution it would take 10;000 drops, or about a pint.

Instead of being the 30th dilution, it is about the 30th concentration.

But Mr. Drayton stopped the dilution by snatching up his tumbler.

Why have you accepted his dilution of nonsense on Verlaine and Huysmans?

For the second dilution it would take 10,000 drops, or about a pint.

dilution, or addition of water, at once discharges the colour.

Word Value for dilution
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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