Meaning & use
titration
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Meanings
nouncountable or uncountablechemistry
A lab method that finds how concentrated a substance is by adding a measured solution to it, drop by drop, until the reaction is finished.
Grammar: Uncountable for the method: learn titration; countable for one test: run three titrations.
Patterns
- a titration of something with something
- perform a titration
The students performed a titration to find the strength of the vinegar.
A color change in the flask showed that the titration had reached its endpoint.
She repeated the titration three times to make sure the results agreed.
noununcountablemedical
Gradual adjustment of the dose of a medicine until the right effect is reached.
Grammar: Usually uncountable in medicine: titration of a dose.
Patterns
- titration of something
The doctor recommended careful titration of the new blood pressure medicine.
Slow titration helps avoid side effects.
Word forms
| plural | titrations |
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Common combinations
- acid-base titration
- An acid-base titration uses an indicator to show the endpoint.
- perform a titration
- We had to perform a titration in the chemistry lab.
- titration curve
- The titration curve shows how the pH changes.
- endpoint of the titration
- The endpoint of the titration was a faint pink color.
- dose titration
- Dose titration allows the doctor to find the safest amount.
Synonyms and how they differ
- volumetric analysis
- Volumetric analysis is the broader term for measuring a substance by volume, with titration as its best-known example.
- dose adjustment
- Dose adjustment is a plainer phrase for the medical sense, while titration implies careful step-by-step changes.
Word family
Commonly confused: titration or filtration? titration or titillation?
titration vs filtration
Filtration separates solids from liquids through a filter, whereas titration measures concentration.
titration vs titillation
Titillation means mild excitement or arousal and has no connection to chemistry.
Practice
In the lab, the class used a burette to carry out a ______ and find the concentration of the acid.
Choose one answer.
Titration adds a known solution slowly to find a concentration. Distillation separates liquids by boiling, so it does not measure concentration this way.
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