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diluter

diluter noun: a substance used for diluting.

Noun

diluter (plural diluters)

  1. A substance used for diluting.
    • Very little is prescribed in the Shops under this Intention, because the Kitchen so much better supplies all of this Kind, and furnishes the common Diluters, of which Sage Tea, Lemonade with a little Wine, and Wine and Water, are much the best […]1719, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia officinalis & extemporanea
  2. A device that adds a measured amount of sample to a measured amount of diluent.

Forms of diluter

pluraldiluters

Origin of diluter

From dilute + -er.

Questions about diluter

What does diluter mean?
Diluter means a substance used for diluting.
What part of speech is diluter?
Diluter is a noun.
What is the plural of diluter?
The plural of diluter is diluters.

Words near diluter in the dictionary

  1. diluted
  2. dilutedness
  3. dilutee
  4. dilutees
  5. diluteness
  6. diluter
  7. diluters
  8. dilutes
  9. dilutetium
  10. diluting
  11. diluting juice

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