titration

US/taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/

nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — ion sits at #11,322Too rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: titrations

Titration is adding one solution drop by drop to measure another. Carry out a titration.

The end point is shown by a colour change, and the whole skill is stopping at the first drop. Titration is the oldest quantitative method in chemistry and is still used daily.

Definitions of titration

1nountitrationAdding one solution drop by drop to measure another.C2
“The titration was repeated three times and averaged.”

titration is a method.

Where it comes from

From titrate, from French titre, the fineness or standard of a solution.

Ancient Greek
εἶμι
English
ion
English, today
titration

Built from

εἶμι · Ancient Greek — I go

From titrate + ion, see titrate. ion comes from Ancient Greek εἶμι. From the ending of anion and cation, which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἰόν (“going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (“I go”). coined by William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Chemistry & Elements

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titration in the wild

The volume of titrant that reacted with the analyte is termed the titration volume.
Titration
Some assays (e.g., biochemical assays) may be similar to chemical analysis and titration.
Assay
Thus, reading of an assay may be noisy and involve greater difficulties in interpretation than an accurate chemical titration.
Assay
In analytical chemistry, Karl Fischer titration is a classic titration method that uses coulometric or volumetric titration to determine trace amounts of water in a sample.
Karl Fischer titration
Today, the titration is done with an automated Karl Fischer titrator.
Karl Fischer titration

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