DILUTION

n. Di-lu2'shu3n. Lat., dilutio. Fr., d. Ger., D., Verdiinnung. It., diluzione. Sp., dilution. The act or proce of rendering a substance dilute or attenuated, also the mixture resulting from such a proce . Cente lmal d. Of the hom ceo pat hists, any one of a series of d's the first of which contains 1 part of a drug and 100 parts of diluent, the second 1 part of the first d. and 100 parts of diluent, etc. Decimal d. Of the homoeopathists, any one of a series of d's the first of which contains 1 part of a drug and 10 parts of diluent, the second 1 part of the first d. and 10 parts of diluent, etc. Higli d. The exce ive d. of anything. [L.] [s. 577]