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overtitrate

overtitrate verb: to add too much titrant to an analyte, so that the amount added passes the endpoint.

Verb

overtitrate (third-person singular simple present overtitrates, present participle overtitrating, simple past and past participle overtitrated)

  1. (analytical chemistry) To add too much titrant to an analyte, so that the amount added passes the endpoint.
    • They would then titrate the remaining solution rapidly to the endpoint, knowing that they might overtitrate a bit.(Can we date this quote?), Dr. David Chesney, “CH 2212 Practice titration exercise”, in Michigan Technological University

Forms of overtitrate

third-person singular presentovertitrates
present participleovertitrating
past participleovertitrated
pastovertitrated

Origin of overtitrate

From over- + titrate.

Questions about overtitrate

What does overtitrate mean?
Overtitrate means to add too much titrant to an analyte, so that the amount added passes the endpoint.
What part of speech is overtitrate?
Overtitrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtitrate?
The past tense of overtitrate is overtitrated.

Words near overtitrate in the dictionary

  1. overtiring
  2. overtitle
  3. overtitled
  4. overtitles
  5. overtitling
  6. overtitrate
  7. overtitrated
  8. overtitrates
  9. overtitrating
  10. overtitration
  11. overtitrations

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