more dilute
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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
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, Dr. Tromberg said.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2022
A more dilute solution than this will lose water on boiling until it has reached the same concentration, 20%, and will then distill unchanged.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
