TITRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does titration mean? 

• TITRATION (noun)
  The noun TITRATION has 1 sense:

1. a measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated

  Familiarity information: TITRATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TITRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("titration" is a kind of...):

volumetric analysis (quantitative analysis by the use of definite volumes of standard solutions or reagents)

Derivation:

titrate (measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration)