Meanings
nounelution (countable and uncountable, plural elutions)
plural elutions
- countableuncountableanalytical chemistryThe process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
The quicker the alkali salts are removed during elution, the less chance will there be of forming insoluble lime salts, consequently the melassate which offers the greatest surface to the action of the alcohol will be best and quickest washed.
1884 May 29, The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, volume 1, page 324Synonyms: desorption
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
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Origin
From the verb elute.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan elució
- elucióprocess of separating solvent and dissolved material
Czech eluce
- eluceprocess of separating solvent and dissolved material
Finnish eluutio
- eluutioprocess of separating solvent and dissolved material
French élution
- élutionprocess of separating solvent and dissolved material
Indonesian elusi
- elusiprocess of separating solvent and dissolved material
Malay elusi
- elusiprocess of separating solvent and dissolved material
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Rhymes with elution
solutiondistributionresolutionevolutioninstitutionexecutioncontributionconstitutionrevolutionpollutionprosecutionsubstitutionattributionpersecutiondissolutionprostitutiondilutionrestitutionretributionBelarusianconvolutionAleutianLuciandiminution
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elution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elution
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“elution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elution. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elution,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elution.
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