reagent
See also: reägent
English
Alternative forms
- reägent (rare)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/
English (Canada): (file)
Noun
reagent (plural reagents)
- (chemistry) 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.
Derived terms
- affinity reagent
- Benedict's reagent
- Brady's reagent
- Edman's reagent
- Ehrlich's reagent
- Fenton's reagent
- Froehde reagent
- Gilman reagent
- Grignard reagent
- Kagan's reagent
- Karl Fischer reagent
- Kovac's reagent
- Liebermann reagent
- Marquis reagent
- Mayer's reagent
- Melzer's reagent
- Molisch's reagent
- Sanger's reagent
- Schweizer's reagent
- Tollens' reagent
- van Urk reagent
Related terms
Translations
substance used in chemical reactions
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Further reading
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English reagent. By surface analysis, re- + agent; however, the term agent does not have a chemical meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛˈa.ɡɛnt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɡɛnt
- Syllabification: re‧a‧gent
Noun
reagent m inan
Declension
Declension of reagent
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | reagent | reagenty |
| genitive | reagenta | reagentów |
| dative | reagentowi | reagentom |
| accusative | reagent | reagenty |
| instrumental | reagentem | reagentami |
| locative | reagencie | reagentach |
| vocative | reagencie | reagenty |
Related terms
adjective
- reagentowy
Further reading
- reagent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
reagent m (plural reagenți)