different between titer vs titrate

English

Alternative forms

• titre (mainly UK)

Etymology

From French titre.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ta?.t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: ti?ter

Noun

titer (plural titers)

1. (analytical chemistry) The concentration of a substance as determined by titration.

Related terms

• titrant
• titratable
• titrated
• titration
• titrator

Translations

Verb

titer (third-person singular simple present titers, present participle titering, simple past and past participle titered)

1. To measure a concentration, especially by means of titration

Synonyms

• titrate

Translations

Anagrams

• tetri, titre, trite

Korak

Noun

titer

1. tame, domesticated chicken

Coordinate terms

• milo (“wild chicken”)

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980)

English

Etymology

From French titrer, from titre (“title, quality, chemical proportion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?t?e?t/, /?ta?t?e?t/

Verb

titrate (third-person singular simple present titrates, present participle titrating, simple past and past participle titrated)

1. (transitive, analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
2. (medicine) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
   • A 5mg dose could not ease the pain, so he titrated to 10mg which brought him immediate relief.

Derived terms

Related terms

• titer
• titre

Translations

Further reading

• titration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• attrite, tattier