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moderant

moderant noun: something that moderates (especially a chemical reaction or explosive force).

Noun

moderant (plural moderants)

  1. Something that moderates (especially a chemical reaction or explosive force).
    • It partially dissolves in nitro-glycerine to a gelatinous mass, which, when mixed with castor-oil as a moderant, or with vaseline as a lubricant, forms a valuable “high” explosive—maximite, cordite.1898, John Wade, Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry: A Text-book for Students in the Universitites and Technical Schools, Swan Sonnenschein, page 182
    • The moderants used in many nitro-cellulose powders tend to cooler burning and reduce the rate of erosion.1946, Colonel Townsend Whelan, Small Arms Design and Ballistics, volume II Ballistics, Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, page 20

Forms of moderant

pluralmoderants

Questions about moderant

What does moderant mean?
Moderant means something that moderates (especially a chemical reaction or explosive force).
What part of speech is moderant?
Moderant is a noun.
What is the plural of moderant?
The plural of moderant is moderants.

Words near moderant in the dictionary

  1. Modenese
  2. moder
  3. moderable
  4. moderacy
  5. moderance
  6. moderant
  7. moderantism
  8. moderantist
  9. moderantists
  10. moderants
  11. moderate

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