more dilute
Example Sentences
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Most sap-sucking insects drill into a nutrient-dense plant tissue called phloem, but spittlebugs specialize in the much more dilute sap from another tissue, xylem.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 6, 2023
They observed that more dilute conditions made the crustaceans and snail breathe harder, increasing their metabolism, while insects' metabolic rates were constant regardless of salinity.
From Science Daily • Oct. 6, 2023
The tests were able to detect more dilute solutions of delta samples than omicron samples, suggesting that the tests may be less sensitive to the new variant, Tromberg said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Plant-based calcium is less bioavailable than dairy and more "dilute."
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017
They have the power, however, of absorbing a certain amount of salt from the solutions and of giving it up again when water or more dilute solution is placed in contact with them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
