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moderants

moderants is the plural of moderant.

Meaning of moderant

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

Questions about moderants

What is moderants the plural of?
Moderants is the plural of moderant.

Words near moderants in the dictionary

  1. moderance
  2. moderant
  3. moderantism
  4. moderantist
  5. moderantists
  6. moderants
  7. moderate
  8. moderate breeze
  9. moderate breezes
  10. moderated
  11. moderately

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