"titrate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtɪtɹeɪt/, /ˈtaɪtɹeɪt/ Forms: titrates [present, singular, third-person], titrating [participle, present], titrated [participle, past], titrated [past]
Rhymes: -aɪtɹeɪt Etymology: From French titrer, from titre (“title, quality, chemical proportion”), + -ate. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|titrer}} French titrer, {{m|fr|titre||title, quality, chemical proportion}} titre (“title, quality, chemical proportion”), {{suf|en||-ate}} + -ate Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Analytical chemistry Translations (to ascertain the concentration of a solution): цітраваць (citravacʹ) (Belarusian), титрувам (titruvam) (Bulgarian), titreren (Dutch), titrata (Finnish), titrer (French), titrieren (German), τιτλοδοτώ (titlodotó) (Greek), titrál (Hungarian), titolare (Italian), ine kukū (Maori), miareczkować (Polish), titular (Portuguese), титровать (titrovatʹ) (Russian), titrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-titrate-en-verb-EKhyq-8h Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 21 38 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 39 45 Disambiguation of 'to ascertain the concentration of a solution': 92 3 4
  2. (medicine, intransitive) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-titrate-en-verb-gUzGsGJz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 49 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 21 38 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 39 45 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (figuratively) To precisely control. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: calibrate, fine-tune, guage
    Sense id: en-titrate-en-verb-iR6cWlvx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 49 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 21 38 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 39 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: backtitrate, back titrate, downtitrate, titrant, titratable, titrated, titration, titrator Related terms: titer, titre

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} titrate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of titrar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: titrar
    Sense id: en-titrate-es-verb-gPVsU0aP Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "titrate"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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