dilute
Use the tincture topically in a dilution of 1:25.
Homeopaths use dilutions of substances which essentially remove all traces of the substance from the final dilution.
There has been a dilution of quality because of this change.
Buybacks are sometimes used to offset the dilution of existing shareholders' ownership when companies issue stock options to employees.
There are UK guidelines that protect existing shareholders from forced dilution.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming and making less strong
abate
abatement
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
dull
ease
emasculation
enervate
enervating
enervatingly
fade
hedge
melt
relieve
totter
tottering
turn to jellyidiom
undimmed
unsubdued

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dilution | Business English

dilution
noun[ U ]
uk /daɪˈluːʃən/ us /dɪˈluːʃən/
the process or action of making something less strong or valuable:
The destroyer of brand integrity is "brand dilution", which is the perverse reward for popularity.
FINANCE
the process or action of making a company's shares less valuable by making more shares available:
The company is working to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits or similar transactions.

Examples of dilution

dilution
For the standard method, half the value of the minimal screening dilution used was assumed to be an exact value.
Then 100 ml of serum samples were added at a dilution of 1 : 100.
The infinite dilution thermochemical properties of compounds are used if data is available and predicted with group contribution methods when none exists.
Results were expressed as dilutions, with titres equal to or higher than 1:32 regarded as positive.
Aqueous dilutions of these samples were exposed to the cercariae through membrane filters.
This approach requires numerous dilution series to ensure synchronisation between the linear range of amplification of the unknowns and the competitors.
The incubation of both primary and secondary antibodies (1:500 dilution for both) was carried out in humidity chamber.
Thus, these curves can be used to extrapolate the scattering to infinite dilution.
Suspensions of lower spore concentrations were prepared by threefold dilutions.
Repulsion can be dealt with by dilution, increasing ionic strength, and/or extrapolating the data to infinite dilution.
Titres were defined as log10 of the dilution that resulted in an absorbance of 0.5, obtained by graphic interpolation.
The test was repeated at least 3 times for each dilution (1/2 and 1/5) of immune serum.
Sera were tested at 1 in 200 dilution on antigen coated plates.
The homogeneous suspension was used for the enzyme assay and the dilution factor was taken into account for calculations.
Selective amplifications were performed subsequently on a 1 : 20 dilution of the pre-amplified fragments.
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