titrate
📖 Definitions
verb tr.
1. To carefully adjust something in measured increments to achieve a desired balance or effect.
2. To determine the concentration of a solution by gradually adding another solution until a specific reaction, often indicated by a color change, occurs.
💬 Usage Examples
“The error lies in thinking that one can titrate the application of violence to achieve exquisitely precise results.” Eliot A. Cohen; Putin Is Cornered; The Atlantic; Sep 20, 2022. “He’d titrate what he told the elders until he saw which way the wind blew.” Ann Gimpel; Unbalanced; Ann Gimpel Books; 2018.