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How to use dilution in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun

Dilution means the process of making something dilute. Example: “Always blend them with a suitable carrier oil in the appropriate dilution when using them for massage.”

More sentences with dilution

  • Always blend them with a suitable carrier oil in the appropriate dilution when using them for massage.2011, Denise Whichello Brown, Healing Massage: Flash, page 3-36. From the entry carrier oil
  • Dilution effect is distinct from a negative effect since there is no adverse or harmful influence.2009, Vasant Gowariker, V. N. Krishnamurthy, Sudha Gowariker, Manik Dhanorkar, Kalyani Paranjape, The Fertilizer Encyclopedia, John Wiley…. From the entry dilutory
  • Should it be the schwerpunkt of Labor's attack or will it be an unproductive dilution of forces?2006 June 12, Terry Sweetman, “Kim Finds a Sore Point”, in The Courier-Mail, Brisbane. From the entry schwerpunkt
  • Dilution would not have existed in this case if Toeppen were not in the "business" of cybersquatting?1996, Jeff Kuester, “re: They want to take scooby.com away!”, in misc.int-property (Usenet). From the entry cybersquatting
  • Cultures were subcultured by 20-fold dilution into fresh MS2D medium approximately every 7 d.1990, Heidi F. Kaeppler et al., “Silicon carbide fiber-mediated DNA delivery into plant cells”, in Plant Cell Reports, volume 9, number 8. From the entry subculture
  • Blue and cream coats occur with a dilution of black or of orange, respectively.1984, William Darrach Halsey, Emanuel Friedman, Collier's encyclopedia: with bibliography and index, Volume 5. From the entry nontabby
  • As everyone knew, Lagos palm-wine was really no palm-wine at all but water – an infinite dilution.1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 64. From the entry palm-wine
  • The name "hemocatharsis" has been applied to this method of blood washing or dilution.1907 February, B. C. Harmon, “The intravenous versus the subcutaneous use of normal salt solution”, in Massachusetts Medical Journal…. From the entry hemocatharsis
  • The dilutory medium used was either bouillon or normal saline in a dilution of 1 in 30.1901, Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, page 68. From the entry dilutory
  • Doses of intracameral cefuroxime lower than recommended for POE prophylaxis can also result from dilution errors with unlicensed formulations.2015 July 8, Christine Purslow et al., “Budget impact assessment of Aprokam® compared with unlicensed cefuroxime for prophylaxis of…. From the entry intracameral
  • The enigma that is central to homeopathic medicine has to do with the relationship between dilution and potency.2009, Vinton McCabe, The Healing Enigma: Demystifying Homeopathy. From the entry enigma
  • From the remaining water a second dilution can be prepared plussing it to the next slightly higher potency.2007, Kate Birch, Vaccine Free Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Contagious Disease with Homeopathy, →ISBN. From the entry plus
  • The technologist must be careful not to overmoisten the disk, as false negative results can occur due to dilution of the end product.1990, Ellen Jo Baron, Sydney M. Finegold, Bailey and Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology, page 418. From the entry technologist
  • The osmoscope may be used by increasing the dilution of air until the odor vanishes, or decreasing the dilution until the odor is first detectable.1957, The Journal of the American Dental Association - Volume 55, page 42. From the entry osmoscope
  • The importation of New World featherworks into Europe was a journey of dilution, degradation and eventual loss of meaning - a banal Disneyfication of indigenous dignity.2023, Tim Birkhead, Birds and Us, Penguin Books, page 149. From the entry disneyfication
  • Supernatants were collected and diluted in ChIP dilution buffer, followed by immunoclearing with gentle rotation with 80 μl protein A-agarose slurry for 1 h at 4°C.2015 August 29, “Protein Phosphatase 2A in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression in Murine Lymphatic Endothelial Cells”…. From the entry immunoclearing
  • A loopful from the highest dilution streaked on nutrient agar plates, that did not show any bacterial growth after overnight incubation, was taken as minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC).2014 December 16, Afsaneh Noormandi, Fatemeh Dabaghzadeh, “Effects of green tea on Escherichia coli as a uropathogen”, in Journal of…. From the entry loopful

Meaning of dilution

  1. noun The process of making something dilute.
  2. noun A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
  3. noun The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.

Full definition of dilution

Questions about dilution in a sentence

How do you use dilution in a sentence?
Dilution is used as a noun. For example: “Always blend them with a suitable carrier oil in the appropriate dilution when using them for massage.”
What is a short sentence with dilution?
“Blue and cream coats occur with a dilution of black or of orange, respectively.”
What does dilution mean?
Dilution means the process of making something dilute.

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