overtitration

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noun

The addition of excess titrant to an analyte past its endpoint.

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Meanings

nounovertitration (countable and uncountable, plural overtitrations)

plural overtitrations

  1. countableuncountableanalytical chemistryThe addition of excess titrant to an analyte past its endpoint.

    Avoid "overtitration", i.e. add less than the stoichiometric amount of CsOH to the CDTA solution.

    2014 September 21, Norbert W. Lutz, Evelyne Béraud, and Patrick J. Cozzone, “Metabolomic Analysis of Rat Brain by High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Tissue Extracts”, in PubMed Central

Origin

From over- + titration.

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APA

overtitration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtitration

MLA

“overtitration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtitration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overtitration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtitration.

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