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Dilute vs Microdilution - What's the difference?

dilute | microdilution |

As a verb dilute

is to make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.

As an adjective dilute

is having a low concentration.

As a noun microdilution is

a technique used to measure antibiotic susceptibility in which the drug is diluted in a broth.

dilute

English

Verb

(dilut)
  • To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution; especially by adding water.
  • * Blackmore
  • Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • Lest these colours should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light.
  • (stock market) To cause the value of individual shares to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  • To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
  • it dilutes easily

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a low concentration.
  • Clean the panel with a dilute , neutral cleaner.
  • Weak; reduced in strength due to dilution, diluted.
  • See also

    * (Concentration) * dilate

    References

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    microdilution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A technique used to measure antibiotic susceptibility in which the drug is diluted in a broth