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dilution [də′lü·shən] (chemistry) Increasing the proportion of solvent to solute in any solution and thereby decreasing the concentration of the solute per unit volume. (metallurgy) The use of a welding filler metal deposit with a base metal or a previously deposited weld material having a lower alloy content. (optics) Reducing the intensity of a color by adding white. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She was an American woman, with a small infusion of French which seemed to have been lost in dilution. I took my sad heart's fill of the sad story of "Paolo and Francesca," which I already knew in Leigh Hunt's adorable dilution, and most of the lines read themselves into my memory, where they linger yet. |
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