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coagulant en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin coagulans, present participle of coāgulō (“to thicken”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That causes coagulation or that coagulates.

coagulant en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin coagulans, present participle of coāgulō (“to thicken”).

Meanings

  1. A substance that causes coagulation.
    • Aluminum also is an incrustant present in most waters in quantities so small that it is not necessary to consider it; but when too much aluminum sulphate, a substance frequently used as a coagulant in filtering water, is added in the process of filtering, the excess passes through the filter and may cause trouble in the boiler, where it hydrolyzes, forming free sulphuric acid. 1909, Water-supply Paper, page 188:
    • Magnesium sulfate is the coagulant used in making tofu. It causes the liquid soy milk to separate into solid tofu and water.
    • Primary stage – removal of insoluble particulate material by screening, the addition of coagulants, followed by settlementation. 2007, Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Betty C. Hobbs, Hobbs' Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, page 161:

Forms

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coagulants Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

anticoagulant

Coordinates

clotting factor · styptic

Deriveds

precoagulant · procoagulant · noncoagulant · hypercoagulant · hypocoagulant

Synonyms

coagulator

Translations (15)

sk koagulant (substance that causes coagulation) · it coagulante (substance that causes coagulation) · ga téachtach (substance that causes coagulation) · la coāgulāns (substance that causes coagulation) · fi hyydyte (substance that causes coagulation) · pl koagulant (substance that causes coagulation) · pt coagulante (substance that causes coagulation) · ca coagulant (substance that causes coagulation) · sk zrážadlo (substance that causes coagulation) · es coagulante (substance that causes coagulation) · id koagulan (substance that causes coagulation) · hy մակարդիչ (substance that causes coagulation) · fr coagulant (substance that causes coagulation) · tl pampamuo (substance that causes coagulation) · nl stollingsmiddel (substance that causes coagulation)