overtitrate

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verb

To add too much titrant to an analyte, so that the amount added passes the endpoint.

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Meanings

verbovertitrate (third-person singular simple present overtitrates, present participle overtitrating, simple past and past participle overtitrated)

present singular third person overtitrates · participle present overtitrating · participle past overtitrated · past overtitrated

  1. analytical chemistryTo add too much titrant to an analyte, so that the amount added passes the endpoint.

    They would then titrate the remaining solution rapidly to the endpoint, knowing that they might overtitrate a bit.

    (Can we date this quote?), Dr. David Chesney, “CH 2212 Practice titration exercise”, in Michigan Technological University

Origin

From over- + titrate.

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APA

overtitrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtitrate

MLA

“overtitrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtitrate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overtitrate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtitrate.

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