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Definition of dilute adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dilute

adjective
 
/daɪˈluːt/
 
/daɪˈluːt/
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  1. (also diluted)
    (of a liquid) made weaker by adding water or another substance
    • Fertilize with a dilute liquid plant food.
  2. (chemistry) (of a solution) having only a small amount of a substance dissolved in it
    • a dilute solution of acetic acid
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin dilut- ‘washed away, dissolved’, from the verb diluere.
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