This week’s theme
Words from chem lab

This week’s words
precipitate
titrate
crucible
volatile
sublimate

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(TY-trayt)

MEANING:

verb tr.:
1. To carefully adjust something in measured increments to achieve a desired balance or effect.
2. To determine the concentration of a solution by gradually adding another solution until a specific reaction, often indicated by a color change, occurs.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French titrer (to assay), from titre (title, fineness of alloyed gold or silver). Earliest documented use: 1860.

USAGE:

“The error lies in thinking that one can titrate the application of violence to achieve exquisitely precise results.”
Eliot A. Cohen; Putin Is Cornered; The Atlantic; Sep 20, 2022.

“He’d titrate what he told the elders until he saw which way the wind blew.”
Ann Gimpel; Unbalanced; Ann Gimpel Books; 2018.

See more usage examples of titrate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: