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ti⋅trate

  [tahy-treyt]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing. Chemistry.
to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.
Origin:
1860–65; tit(e)r + -ate 1

Related forms:
ti⋅tra⋅ta⋅ble, ti⋅tra⋅ble  [tahy-truh-buhl] , adjective
ti⋅tra⋅tion, noun
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ti·tra·tion   (tī-trā'shən)   
n.  The process, operation, or method of determining the concentration of a substance in solution by adding to it a standard reagent of known concentration in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed, as shown by a color change or by electrical measurement, and then calculating the unknown concentration.
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titration [(teye-tray-shuhn)]

In chemistry, the determination of what materials are present in a sample by adding precise amounts of known chemicals and observing the chemical reaction.

Note: The term titration is occasionally used informally to suggest extreme precision in some sort of measurement or determination.
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Word Origin & History

titration 
1864, from Fr. titrer, from titre "standard, title" (see title), also "fineness of alloyed gold;" in chemistry, the establishment of a standard strength or degree of concentration of a solution.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ti·trate
Pronunciation: 'tI-"trAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: ti·trat·ed; ti·trat·ing
transitive senses
: to subject to titration titrate intransitive senses
: to perform titration —ti·tra·tor /-"trAt-&r/ noun

Main Entry: ti·tra·tion
Pronunciation: tI-'trA-sh&n
Function: noun
: a method or the process of determining the concentration of adissolved substance in terms of the smallest amount of a reagent of known concentration required to bring about a given effect in reaction with a known volume of the test solution; especially : the analytical process of successively adding from a burette measured amounts of a reagent to a known volume of a sample in solution or a known weight of a sample until a desired end point(as a color change) is reached
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titrate ti·trate (tī'trāt')
v. ti·trat·ed, ti·trat·ing, ti·trates
To determine the concentration of a solution by titration or perform the operation of titration.

ti'trat'a·ble adj.
ti'tra'tor n.

titration ti·tra·tion (tī-trā'shən)
n.
The process, operation, or method of determining the concentration of a substance in a solution to which the addition of a reagent having a known concentration is made in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed, as shown by a color change or by electrical measurement, and then calculating the unknown concentration.

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titration   (tī-trā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
The process or operation of determining the concentration of a substance in solution. Titration is performed by adding to a known volume of the solution a standard reagent of known concentration in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed (as shown by a color change or by electrical measurement) and then calculating the unknown concentration.
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