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titration

/taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables
titra-tion
IPA
/taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From titrate + -ion, see titrate.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

titrations (plural)

Derived Forms

autotitration electrotitration immunotitration microtitration overtitration titrational uptitration

Phrases

back titration Karl Fischer titration

Frequently Paired Words

titre titrate

Questions

How do you pronounce titration?
The recorded pronunciation is /taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/.
What does titration mean?
The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.
Where does titration come from?
From titrate + -ion, see titrate.

How to pronounce titration

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