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coagulant

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English

Etymology

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

Adjective

coagulant (not comparable)

  1. That causes coagulation or that coagulates.

Noun

coagulant (plural coagulants)

  1. A substance that causes coagulation.
    Synonym: coagulator (especially in nonmedical contexts)
    Antonym: anticoagulant
    Coordinate terms: styptic; clotting factor
    Magnesium sulfate is the coagulant used in making tofu. It causes the liquid soy milk to separate into solid tofu and water.
    • 1909, Water-supply Paper, page 188:
      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.
    • 2007, Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Betty C. Hobbs, Hobbs' Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, page 161:
      Primary stage – removal of insoluble particulate material by screening, the addition of coagulants, followed by settlementation.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

coagulant

  1. gerund of coagular

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Participle

coagulant

  1. present participle of coaguler

Further reading

Latin

Verb

coāgulant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of coāgulō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coagulant.

Noun

coagulant m (plural coagulanți)

  1. coagulant

Declension

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