Definition of "diluted" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of dilute. (verb)
• That has had something added in order to dilute it. (adjective)

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• "The same quantity of wine diluted intoxicates sooner than the same quantity drank in the same time _without_ dilution; the wine being applied to a larger surface of the stomach, acts with proportionably greater quickness -- though wine _diluted_ sooner _intoxicates_, its effects are sooner over."
• "While operating earnings per share -- operating earnings per share which we define as diluted EPS on a GAAP basis less gains from refranchising, are expected to range from $0.75 to $0.82 per share."
• "It also affects the intermediate package which we call the diluted bitumen tank behavior because there is higher water content and because of the clay layer formation in the bank."