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'', an ...

of a chemical *

Serial dilution A serial dilution is the stepwise dilution of a substance in solution. Usually the dilution factor at each step is constant, resulting in a geometric progression of the concentration in a logarithmic fashion. A ten-fold serial dilution could be 1 ...

, 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 ...

Dilution (equation) Dilution is the process of decreasing the concentration of a solute in a solution, usually simply by mixing with more solvent like adding more water to the solution. To dilute a solution means to add more solvent without the addition of more sol ...

, 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 effec ...

, 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 Overcast was an American metalcore band that started in the early 1990s, but broke up in 1998 after an unsuccessful tour. The band is often regarded as pioneers of metalcore. In 2006, they reunited to play the 2006 installment of the New Englan ...

'', the second album by the metalcore band Overcast *

Dilution ratio In chemistry and biology, the dilution ratio is the ratio of solute to solvent. It is often used for ''simple dilutions,'' one in which a unit volume of a liquid material of interest is combined with an appropriate volume of a solvent liquid to ...

* Hemodynamics#Hemodilution, in blood

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