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inoculent

UK/ɪˈnɒk.jʊ.lənt/US/ɪˈnɑk.jə.lənt/

inoculent is the alternative form of inoculant.

Meaning of inoculant

Noun

inoculant (plural inoculants)

  1. The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculum
  2. An alloyant used to refine grains in a cast microstructure.

Forms of inoculent

pluralinoculents

Origin of inoculent

From inoculate + -ent.

Questions about inoculent

What is inoculent the alternative form of?
Inoculent is the alternative form of inoculant.
How do you pronounce inoculent?
Inoculent is pronounced /ɪˈnɒk.jʊ.lənt/ (UK).

Words near inoculent in the dictionary

  1. inoculatory
  2. inoculatrices
  3. inoculatrix
  4. inoculee
  5. inoculees
  6. inoculent
  7. inoculents
  8. inoculi
  9. inoculous
  10. inoculum
  11. inoculums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inoculent (page history and authors); inoculant (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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