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active ingredient

active ingredient noun: the specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.

Noun

active ingredient (plural active ingredients)

  1. (especially) The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.
  2. (figuratively) The essence of something, or a sine qua non that it requires.
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active ingredient meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

active ingredient in Tamil

செயற்கூறு, வீரிய உள்ளடக்கம், வீரிய மருந்து, வீரிய மூலக்கூறு

active ingredient in Arabic

component responsible of activity
مَادَّة فَعَّالَة

active ingredient in Indonesian

component responsible of activity
bahan aktif

Antonyms of active ingredient

Forms of active ingredient

pluralactive ingredients

Questions about active ingredient

What does active ingredient mean?
Active ingredient means the specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.
What is active ingredient in Tamil?
Active ingredient in Tamil is செயற்கூறு, வீரிய உள்ளடக்கம், வீரிய மருந்து. See Active ingredient meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is active ingredient?
Active ingredient is a noun.
What is the plural of active ingredient?
The plural of active ingredient is active ingredients.

Words near active ingredient in the dictionary

  1. active galactic nucleus
  2. active galaxies
  3. active galaxy
  4. active gravitational mass
  5. active gravitational masses
  6. active ingredient
  7. active ingredients
  8. active learning
  9. active lidar
  10. active lidars
  11. active listening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: active ingredient (page history and authors); active ingredient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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