reagent en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹiˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/
- (Canada) audio English (Canada)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reägent | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| reagents | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Gilman reagent · Ehrlich's reagent · Fenton's reagent · Kovac's reagent · Kagan's reagent · Marquis reagent · immunoreagent · monoreagent · reagentless · Ruppert–Prakash reagent · Grignard reagent · bioreagent · Froehde reagent · affinity reagent · Mayer's reagent · Sanger's reagent · Schweizer's reagent · Edman's reagent · Bertrand's reagent · Brady's reagent · Molisch's reagent · Lawesson's reagent · Liebermann reagent · Benedict's reagent · Sonnenschein's reagent · photoreagent · nanoreagent · Melzer's reagent · Karl Fischer reagent · Tollens' reagent · van Urk reagent
Relateds
Translations (34)
pl reagent (substance used in chemical reactions) · nl reagens (substance used in chemical reactions) · fi reagenssi (substance used in chemical reactions) · es reactivo (substance used in chemical reactions) · cmn 試劑 /试剂 (substance used in chemical reactions) · nb reagens (substance used in chemical reactions) · nn reagens (substance used in chemical reactions) · vi thuốc thử (substance used in chemical reactions) · gv ym-obbree (substance used in chemical reactions) · ro reactant (substance used in chemical reactions) · mi matū tauhohe (substance used in chemical reactions) · ru реакти́в (substance used in chemical reactions) · de Reagenz (substance used in chemical reactions) · it reagente (substance used in chemical reactions) · cs činidlo (substance used in chemical reactions) · io reaktivo (substance used in chemical reactions) · ota معیار (substance used in chemical reactions) · hy ազդանյութ (substance used in chemical reactions) · km ប្រតិករ (substance used in chemical reactions) · tr reaktif (substance used in chemical reactions) · pt reagente (substance used in chemical reactions) · hy ռեագենտ (substance used in chemical reactions) · sv reagens (substance used in chemical reactions) · tl pamalibilos (substance used in chemical reactions) · pt reativo (substance used in chemical reactions) · pl odczynnik (substance used in chemical reactions) · ja 試薬 (substance used in chemical reactions) · ca reactiu (substance used in chemical reactions) · de Edukt (substance used in chemical reactions) · km ធាតុបន្ទាល់ (substance used in chemical reactions) · ru реаге́нт (substance used in chemical reactions) · fr réactif (substance used in chemical reactions) · bg реактив (substance used in chemical reactions) · it reattivo (substance used in chemical reactions)