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to titrate

to titrate

1 8.9
To measure how strong a liquid is by slowly adding a chemical until the reaction finishes
  • verb
  • /ˈtaɪtreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : titrar
  • Afterward, the samples were titrated in A. castellannii.
  • titrated sample

Examples

  • Each student titrates an acid sample and calculates its concentration.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Nitrogen released was titrated with NaOH (0.1N). A blank was run along with the sample.

    Academic text (2015)

  • So now we're talking about a weak acid being titrated with a strong with a strong base.

  • Actions are carefully titrated, reactions calibrated, variables accounted for.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He had us suck out gastric juice, titrate the acid, and calculate secretory rates.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Another option is titrating the amount of tin left in the electrolyte, and assuming that there is a finite amount of tin, it is a very accurate procedure.

    Blog text (17)

  • Viral load values below the assay-specific lower limit of detection (7% of all measurements) were set equal to this limit; values above the linear dynamic range were rare because of the practice of titrating out samples with high concentrations of virus.

    Academic text (2003)

  • For each sample, virus was isolated and titrated in eggs in triplicate (3 eggs/sample, 100 L each of 6 serial log10 dilutions) as described (15, 20).

    Academic text (2014)

  • The viruses were propagated and titrated in specific pathogen-free (SPF) eggs and stored at -70°C until further use.

    Academic text (2015)

  • In the chemistry lab, the teacher instructed us to titrate the acid solution to determine its exact concentration.

How Precise

to titrate
  • Specialized
1 8.9
to measure
700 1.0
to quantify
58 4.8

Surface Forms

titrate infinitive
titrated past
titrated past participle
titrating present participle
titrates third person singular

Morphology

titrate = titer + titration (transparent) = titr + ate

Formally a verb formed by adding the verb-forming suffix '-ate' to the technical base (titer/titr-), so the verbal meaning 'to determine/measure the titer' follows straightforward morphological rules.

Etymology

Titrate comes from the French titre and the Latin titulus, words for a 'title' or label and the same root as the English word title. Chemists used titre to mean the 'strength' written on a bottle, so to titrate is to find a liquid's strength by adding another liquid little by little until the reaction finishes.