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reactant

reactant noun: any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.

Noun

reactant (plural reactants)

  1. Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.

reactant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

reactant in Hindi

participant at the start of a chemical reaction
अभिकारक abhikārak

reactant in Tamil

வினைபடு பொருள், வினைப்பொருள், வினைபடுபொருள், வினைபொருள்

reactant in Bengali

বিক্রিয়ক

reactant in Kannada

ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಾಕಾರಿ, ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ ತೋರಿಸುವ ದ್ರವ್ಯ
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reactant in Tagalog
kabalibilos

Forms of reactant

pluralreactants

Origin of reactant

From react + -ant.

Words formed from reactant

Questions about reactant

What does reactant mean?
Reactant means any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.
What is reactant in Hindi?
Reactant in Hindi is अभिकारक (abhikārak). See Reactant meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is reactant?
Reactant is a noun.
What is the plural of reactant?
The plural of reactant is reactants.

Words near reactant in the dictionary

  1. reactabilities
  2. reactability
  3. reactable
  4. reactance
  5. reactances
  6. reactant
  7. reactantlike
  8. reactants
  9. reacted
  10. reacter
  11. reacters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reactant (page history and authors); reactant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reactant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reactant (Kannada 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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