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Dilution
Introduction
Dilution may refer to:
- Reducing the concentration of a chemical
- Serial dilution, a common way of going about this reduction of concentration.
- Homeopathic dilution In homeopathic potencies of over 12C (24X), no molecules of the original substance remain.
- Dilution (equation), an equation to calculate the rate a gas dilutes
- Dilution gene, a gene that lightens the coat color of certain living things
- Phrase used in indicator dilution theory
- Phrase used in dilution space of substances
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