reagent

See also: reägent

English

Alternative forms

reägent (rare)

Etymology

Possibly from Latin reagō. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål reagens.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹi.ˈeɪ.dʒɛnt/
English (Canada) (file)

Noun

reagent (plural reagents)

(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

Derived terms

Translations

substance used in chemical reactions

Armenian: ռեագենտ (hy) (ṙeagent), ազդանյութ (hy) (azdanyutʿ)
Catalan: reactiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 試劑 (zh), 试剂 (zh) (shìjì)
Czech: činidlo n
Dutch: reagens (nl) n
Finnish: reagenssi (fi) (chemistry)
French: réactif (fr) m
German: Edukt (de) n, Reagenz (de) n
Ido: reaktivo (io)
Italian: reagente (it) m, reattivo (it)
Japanese: 試薬 (ja) (しやく, shiyaku)
Manx: ym-obbree

Maori: matū tauhohe
Norwegian:
Bokmål: reagens (no) m or n

Nynorsk: reagens m or n
Polish: reagent (pl) m
Portuguese: reagente (pt) m, reativo (pt)
Romanian: reactant (ro) m
Russian: реаге́нт (ru) m (reagént), реакти́в (ru) m (reaktív)
Spanish: reactivo (es) m
Swedish: reagens (sv) n
Tagalog: pamalibilos
Turkish: reaktif (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

reagent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

grantee, greaten, negater, rentage

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