reagent
/ɹiˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/
reagent noun: a compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
Noun
reagent (plural reagents)
- A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
reagent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
reagent in Hindi
- a reagent
- प्रतिकर्मक pratikarmak
reagent in Tamil
- சோதனைப்பொருள், வினைப்பொருள், வினைபொருள், வினையூக்கி ஆய்வு பொருள், வினையூட்டி
reagent in Bengali
- বিকারক
reagent in Tagalog
- substance used in chemical reactions
- pamalibilos
More languagesFewer languages
- reagent in Vietnamese
- thuốc thử
Examples of reagent in a sentence
- Add the reagent dropwise to the solution.
- Soxhlet extraction using ethanol and diethyl ether mixture was performed to remove unreacted reagents.
- Insoluble antigens were solubilized (refolded) from denaturating conditions (8 M urea) into buffers free of choatropic reagents.
Forms of reagent
| plural | reagents |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | reägent |
Origin of reagent
Possibly from Latin reagō. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål reagens. The sequence of act → action → agent → agency shows morphologic and semantic parallel, and apparent cognate relation, with react → reaction → reagent → reagency.
Words formed from reagent
- affinity reagent
- Benedict's reagent
- Bertrand's reagent
- bioreagent
- Brady's reagent
- Edman's reagent
- Ehrlich's reagent
- Fenton's reagent
- Froehde reagent
- Gilman reagent
- Grignard reagent
- immunoreagent
- Kagan's reagent
- Karl Fischer reagent
- Kovac's reagent
- Lawesson's reagent
- Liebermann reagent
- Marquis reagent
- Mayer's reagent
- Melzer's reagent
- Molisch's reagent
- monoreagent
- nanoreagent
- photoreagent
- reagentless
- Ruppert–Prakash reagent
- Sanger's reagent
- Schweizer's reagent
- Sonnenschein's reagent
- Tollens' reagent
- van Urk reagent
Questions about reagent
- What does reagent mean?
- Reagent means a compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
- What is reagent in Hindi?
- Reagent in Hindi is प्रतिकर्मक (pratikarmak). See Reagent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reagent?
- Reagent is a noun.
- How do you pronounce reagent?
- Reagent is pronounced /ɹiˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/.
- What is the plural of reagent?
- The plural of reagent is reagents.
Words near reagent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reagent (page history and authors); प्रतिकर्मक (Hindi) (page history and authors); reagent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reagent (Bengali 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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