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Webster 1913 Edition


Reagent

Re-a′gent

(rē̍-ā′jent)
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Noun.
(Chem.)
A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reagent

REA'GENT

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Noun.
[re and agent.] In chimistry, a substance employed to precipitate another in solution, or to detect the ingredients of a mixture.
Bergman reckons barytic muriate to be one of the most sensible reagents.

Definition 2024


reagent

reagent

See also: reägent

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reagent (plural reagents)

  1. (chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

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reagent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of reageō