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# dilution

«dilution» in Mova's school dictionary: **The act of making a liquid weaker or thinner by adding…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dilution, uncountable; a dilution, dilutions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The act of making a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#m1)

2) A liquid that has been made weaker this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#m2)

3) The weakening of something, like an idea, power or share. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on mixtures and solutions, dilution means adding solvent so the solution is less concentrated; in cooking and cleaning you dilute squash or bleach; in safety, labels give the right dilution; phrases: «the dilution of squash», «one part to ten parts water».

### examples

- Dilution makes the orange squash less sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#x1)
- We tested how dilution changes the colour of food dye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#x2)
- The label says the right dilution is one cap to five litres of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#x3)
- Dilution with lots of water makes a spill less harmful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#x4)
- Each dilution was paler than the last one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#x5)
- Too much dilution and the paint becomes runny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#x6)
- Rain causes the dilution of salt in the rock pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/#x7)

### note

From the verb dilute. In maths, a dilution ratio 1:4 means 1 part concentrate to 4 parts water, so 5 parts in all; the concentrate is 1/5 of the mix. Do not confuse with «delusion» (a false belief) or «dilation» (getting wider).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dilution» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilution/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.