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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cgervasi@fosstodon.org ("Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥") wrote:
TIL that aliquot just means "some of" a sample. I've been working as an electronics engineer at a #chemistry company for 7 years, and until now I thought taking an aliquot was some complicated chemistry procedure. 😂 But it just means taking a little bit of something. It comes from Latin. I'm going to think of it like Spanish "alguna cantidad," which probably is etymologically related.