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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity;
- Example: "diluted alcohol"
- Example: "a dilute solution"
- Example: "dilute acetic acid"
[syn: diluted, dilute]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diluting.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See Lave, and cf. Deluge.] 1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. [1913 Webster] Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken. [1913 Webster] Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diluted \Di*lut"ed\, a. Reduced in strength; thin; weak. -- Di*lut"ed*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diluted adj 1: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" [syn: diluted, dilute] [ant: undiluted]