Usually means: Reduction in concentration by adding.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word dilution:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilution: Merriam-Webster
  2. dilution, dilution: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dilution: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dilution: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dilution: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dilution, dilution: Wordnik
  7. dilution: Wiktionary
  8. dilution: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. dilution: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. dilution: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. dilution: Dictionary.com
  12. Dilution (equation), Dilution: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Dilution: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. dilution: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. dilution: Rhymezone
  16. Dilution: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. dilution: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. dilution: FreeDictionary.org
  19. dilution: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. dilution: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilution: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. dilution: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  4. dilution: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. DILUTION: Accounting Glossary
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Dilution: bizterms.net
  10. Dilution: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  11. Dilution: Investopedia
  12. Dilution: Securities Terminology
  13. dilution: Legal dictionary
  14. Dilution (disambiguation), Dilution: Financial dictionary
  15. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  16. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dilution (disambiguation), dilution: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilution: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Dilution (disambiguation), dilution: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dilution)

noun:  The process of making something dilute.
noun:  A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
noun:  The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
noun:  (finance) Short for share dilution. [(finance) The loss in value of the shares of a company or a lowering of someone’s stake in it resulting from the issuance of new shares.]
noun:  (copyright law) Short for trademark dilution. [(copyright law) The use of an image, sign, expression, etc. sufficiently close to one that is trademarked that it causes confusion ("blurs") about or brings disrepute ("tarnishes") to the trademarked item.]

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