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Definition: Reductant |
ReductantNoun1. A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Reductant" is a common misspelling or typo for: reluctant. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | A substance that will remove oxygen from or add hydrogen or electrons to a second substance, itself being oxidized in the process. Reducing agents are often used in the separation of Pu from U. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ReductantSynonyms: reducer (n), reducing agent (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: reducing agent (chemical industry). |
| Language | Translations for "reductant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | reduzierendes Mittel (reducing agent), Reduktor (reducing agent), Reduktionsmittel (reducing agent), Desoxydationsmittel (reducing agent). (various references) | |
Hungarian | redukáló szer, fogyasztó szer. (various references) | |
Italian | Agente riducente (reducing agent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eductantray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | redutor (reducer), agente de redução (reducing agent). (various references) | |
Spanish | reductor (bull gear, conduit reducer, gear, gear reducer, machine, pipe reducer, reducer, reducing agent, reducing coupling, reduction gear, reduction piece, speed reducer, step-down), agente reductor (reducing agent). (various references) | |
Swedish | motvillig (gingerly, grudging, reluctant, revulsive). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reductant": reductants. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: truncated. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-n-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: truanted, truncate, uncrated, underact, untraced. | |
-2 letters: attuned, centaur, curated, curtate, daunter, detract, durance, natured, nutated, taunted, taunter, traduce, tranced, unacted, uncrate, unrated, untread. | |
-3 letters: acuter, ardent, attend, attune, cadent, canted, canter, carnet, carted, catted, cedarn, centra, craned, crated, curate, cutter, dancer, decant, nacred, natter, nature, nectar, nutate, nutted, nutter, ranted, ratted, ratten, recant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-n-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: reductants. | |
+2 letters: traducement, uncastrated. | |
+3 letters: counteracted, countertrade, traducements, uncontracted, undistracted. | |
+4 letters: adventuristic, congratulated, counterstated, countertrades, documentarist, subcontracted, ultradistance, unarticulated, underactivity. | |
+5 letters: counterstained, documentarists, ultradistances, unacculturated, uncontradicted. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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