titrates

Verb

titrate (third-person singular simple present titrates, present participle titrating, simple past and past participle titrated)

1. (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.
   • He was obsessed with making LSD even purer than Sandoz, producing it first in powder form in gelatin capsules as well as light-blue liquid (“Mother's Milk”) that was easily recognizable when titrated onto sugar cubes.2004, Martin Torgoff, “Everybody Must Get Stoned”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 122
2. (intransitive) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
   • A 5mg dose could not ease the pain, so he titrated to 10mg which brought him immediate relief.
3. (figuratively) To precisely control.
   • In crisis debriefing, because it is done in group sessions, you can’t titrate the amount of exposure to the individual, so some may get more upset.2016 April 3, Luisa Dillner, “Can psychological treatments be harmful?”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms:

   calibrate, fine-tune, gauge

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