Look up: Diluent

1. Diluent
   Any liquid or solid material used to dilute or carry an active ingredient.
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2. Diluent
   Any liquid or solid material serving to dilute or carry an active ingredient and may aid in mechanical application but does not directly influence toxicity e.g. water in sprays, oils in sprays, finely-ground inert materials in dust.
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3. Diluent
   A solution used for the reconstitution of lyophilised material.
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4. diluent
   liquid added to dilute or thin a solution
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5. Diluent
   the thinning agent used to dilute a fluid, usually water.
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6. diluent
   inert material addedto dusts or sprays to increase their volume and facilitate their distribution. A diluent used with dusts is sometimes called a filler Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • inert material added to dusts or sprays to increase their vo...
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7. Diluent
   Dil'u·ent adjective [ Latin diluens , present participle diluere . See Dilute .] Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water. Arbuthnot.
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8. Diluent
   Dil'u·ent noun 1. That which dilutes. 2. (Medicine) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink. « There is no real diluent but water.» Arbuthnot.
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9. diluent
   1. That which dilutes. ... 2. <medicine> An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink. 'There is no real diluent but water.' (Arbuthnot) ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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10. diluent
    (dil´u-әnt) diluting or rendering less potent or irritant. an agent that so acts.
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11. Diluent
    • (a.) Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water. • (n.) That which dilutes. • (n.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.
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12. Diluent
    A liquid used in coatings to reduce the consistency and make a coating flow more easily. The water in latex coatings is a diluent. A diluent may also be called a 'Reducer,' 'Thinner,' 'Reducing Agent' or 'Reducing Solvent.'
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13. diluent
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dīl′yū′ent Definitions: 1. Ingredient in a medicinal preparation that lacks pharmacologic activity but is pharmaceutically necessary or desirable. In tablet or capsule dosage forms, this may be lactose or starch; it is particularly useful in increasing...
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14. Diluent
    Any liquid or solid material used to dilute or carry an active ingredient.
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15. Diluent
    A `diluent` (also referred to as a `filler`, `dilutant` or `thinner`) is a diluting agent. Certain fluids are too viscous to be pumped easily or too dense to flow from one particular point to the other. This can be problematic, because it might not be economically feasible to transport such fluids i...
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