Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive & intransitive verb To determine the concentration of (a solution) by titration or perform the operation of titration.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To submit to the process of titration.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Chem.) To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under solution.

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  • verb transitive, analytical chemistry To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
  • verb medicine To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From French titrer, from titre, titer; see titer.]

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From French titrer, from titre ("title, quality, chemical proportion").

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