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alterant

alterant noun: something that causes alteration, that alters.

Noun

alterant (plural alterants)

  1. Something that causes alteration, that alters.

Adjective

alterant (not comparable)

  1. Altering; gradually changing.
    • whether the body be alterant, or altered1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

alterant meaning in Tamil

alterant in Tamil

மாற்றக்கூடிய, மாறுபரம் தன்மையுடைய

Forms of alterant

pluralalterants

Questions about alterant

What does alterant mean?
Alterant means something that causes alteration, that alters.
What is alterant in Tamil?
Alterant in Tamil is மாற்றக்கூடிய, மாறுபரம் தன்மையுடைய. See Alterant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alterant?
Alterant can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of alterant?
The plural of alterant is alterants.

Words near alterant in the dictionary

  1. alterability
  2. alterable
  3. alterableness
  4. alterables
  5. alterably
  6. alterant
  7. alterants
  8. alterated
  9. alteration
  10. alterationist
  11. alterationists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alterant (page history and authors); alterant (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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