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