aliquot
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Is aliquot a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (chemistry, biotechnology, loosely) A portion of a total amount (of some substance or a sample or specimen thereof, usually a solution or suspension).Examples: "Meronym: subaliquot"; "1965 December 1, Martha Smith Richmond, Analysis of Uranium Concentrates at the National Bureau of Standards, National Bureau of Standards, NBS Misc. Publ. 260-8, page 26, Two aliquots each of 57 sample solutions and 15 solutions of NBS Standard No. 950a were assayed."; "11.5.3 For each sample or sample batch (to a maximum of 20 samples) to be extracted during the same 12-hour shift, weigh two 10 g aliquots of the appropriate reference matrix (Section 7.6) into clean beakers or glass jars."Synonyms: aliquantbroadly
2. (chemistry, biotechnology, loosely) A portion of a total amount (of some substance or a sample or specimen thereof, usually a solution or suspension).Examples: "Meronym: subaliquot"Synonyms: aliquantbroadly
verb (English)
1. (chemistry, biotechnology, transitive, informal) To separate a volume of solution or suspension into aliquots.Examples: "1994, Patricia Viola Racenis, Phosphatidate Biosynthesis in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, University of Michigan, page 34, The nuclear pellet was resuspended in homogenizing buffer (about 25 ml), aliquoted into Eppendorf tubes and stored at -80°C."; "The final solution is filtered, aliquoted into 150 μL portions, and stored at –70°C."; "Serum was aliquoted into 10 mL aliquants and frozen at -20°C until use."informaltransitive
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