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activant

activant noun: a substance or agent that activates a process.

Noun

activant (plural activants)

  1. A substance or agent that activates a process.
    • Since the unit uses chlorine as the activant, it is particularly suited to processes where chlorine is used for sterilization or slime control […]1956, Engineering and Contract Record, volume 69, number 1, page 42

Forms of activant

pluralactivants

Questions about activant

What does activant mean?
Activant means a substance or agent that activates a process.
What part of speech is activant?
Activant is a noun.
What is the plural of activant?
The plural of activant is activants.

Words near activant in the dictionary

  1. actisomide
  2. Actistetes
  3. actitation
  4. Actium
  5. activable
  6. activant
  7. activants
  8. activase
  9. activases
  10. activatability
  11. activatable

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