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• Diluent — A diluent (also referred to as a filler, dilutant or thinner) is a diluting agent. Certain fluids are too viscous to be pumped easily or too dense to flow from one particular point to the other. This can be problematic, because it might not be… …   Wikipedia

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• water — waterer, n. waterless, adj. waterlessly, adv. waterlessness, n. waterlike, adj. /waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. 1. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C …   Universalium

• dilutant — noun a diluting agent • Syn: ↑diluent, ↑thinner • Derivationally related forms: ↑thin (for: ↑thinner), ↑dilute • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• diluent — noun Etymology: Latin diluent , diluens, present participle of diluere Date: circa 1721 a diluting agent (as the vehicle in a medicinal preparation) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dilutant — noun A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner …   Wiktionary

• diluent — dil·u·ent || dɪljÊŠÉ™nt n. diluting agent, substance which makes a liquid thinner or weaker adj. dilutive, serving to make a liquid thinner or weaker …   English contemporary dictionary

• diluents — dil·u·ent || dɪljÊŠÉ™nt n. diluting agent, substance which makes a liquid thinner or weaker adj. dilutive, serving to make a liquid thinner or weaker …   English contemporary dictionary

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