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To separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- A mixture of isooctane and ethyl acetate can be used to elute triglycerides from a complex lipid solution.
- 1969, D'Arcy R. George, J. Richard Ross, Improved Eluex Process for Eluting Uranium from Ion Exchange Resins, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 7227, page 6, Under these conditions the organic was loaded to 4.96 grams U308 per liter and the resin was eluted to 2.0 grams and 0.6 gram per liter in stages 3 and 4, respectively.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wash, rinse
First attested in 1731. Borrowed from Latin ēlūtus, from the verb ēluō (“to wash away”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
eluir
— to separate substances using a solvent
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Czech:
eluovat
— to separate substances using a solvent
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French:
éluer
— to separate substances using a solvent
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German:
eluieren
— to separate substances using a solvent
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German:
herauslösen
— to separate substances using a solvent
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Italian:
eluire
— to separate substances using a solvent
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Latin:
eluo
— to separate substances using a solvent
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Swedish:
eluera
— to separate substances using a solvent
