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Titration is a process of figuring out how much of a substance is in a substance with a known volume.

(noun)

An example of titration is causing a color change in a substance which has been been disolved in a liquid and then calculating the concentration of the substance based on the color.

See titration in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Chem., Physiol. the process of finding out how much of a certain substance is contained in a known volume of a solution by measuring volumetrically how much of a standard solution is required to produce a given reaction

Origin: < titrate + -ion

See titration in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The process, operation, or method of determining the concentration of a substance in solution by adding to it a standard reagent of known concentration in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed, as shown by a color change or by electrical measurement, and then calculating the unknown concentration.

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