stock solution

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.

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Example Sentences

By adding solvent to a measured portion of a more concentrated stock solution, a solution of lesser concentration may be prepared.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Find the volume of the stock solution, V1 by rearranging the dilution equation to isolate V1:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The stock solution will doubtless be for the hapless to retrain for better, more creative, more meaningful jobs, putting aside the dubious evidence for whether that actually works – retrain for what exactly?

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2017

What is called the stock solution is made as follows: 15 grs. chloride gold and sodium, 7½ oz. of water.

From Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 by Various

Note.—The standard soda solutions should be prepared by accurate measuring operations, controlled by titrations, from a stock solution of 10N NaOH, which should be very carefully standardised.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)