Dilution may refer to: * Reducing the

concentration In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. Several types of mathematical description can be distinguished: '' mass concentration'', '' molar concentration'', '' number concentration'' ...

of a chemical * Serial dilution, a common way of going about this reduction of concentration *

Homeopathic dilution In homeopathy, homeopathic dilution (known by practitioners as "dynamisation" or "potentisation") is a process in which a substance is diluted with alcohol or distilled water and then vigorously shaken in a process called "succussion". Insoluble s ...

* Dilution (equation), an equation to calculate the rate a gas dilutes *

Trademark dilution Trademark dilution is a trademark law concept giving the owner of a famous trademark standing to forbid others from using that mark in a way that would lessen its uniqueness. In most cases, trademark dilution involves an unauthorized use of anoth ...

, a type of unlawful trademark use outside of the relevant market *

Stock dilution Stock dilution, also known as equity dilution, is the decrease in existing shareholders' ownership percentage of a company as a result of the company issuing new equity. New equity increases the total shares outstanding which has a dilutive eff ...

, the result of new shares of stock being issued by a company, thereby diminishing the percent ownership represented by previously existing shares *

Dilution gene A dilution gene is any one of a number of genes that act to create a lighter coat color in living creatures. There are many examples of such genes: General Diluted coat colors have melanocytes, but vary from darker colors due to the concentration ...

, a gene that lightens the coat color of certain living things * '' Expectational Dilution'', the second album by the metalcore band Overcast *

Dilution ratio In chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, mo ...

* Hemodynamics#Hemodilution, in blood

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