coagulant

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

coagulant (not comparable)

1. That causes coagulation or that coagulates.

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.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ə.ɣuˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.ə.ɣuˈlant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.a.ɣuˈlant]

coagulant

1. gerund of coagular

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coagulant

1. present participle of coaguler

• “coagulant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

coāgulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of coāgulō

Borrowed from French coagulant.

coagulant m (plural coagulanți)

1. coagulant