réactif — meaning in English
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English meaning
- precursor noun Something or someone that comes before and leads to, or signals, what follows.
- reactor noun A structure or device that produces energy through a controlled nuclear reaction.
- reagent noun 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.
Senses
réactif is used for these senses in English:
- precursor (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
- reactant (chemistry) Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.
- reactor (chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.
- reagent (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.
reactor — full definition
- noun A structure or device that produces energy through a controlled nuclear reaction.
- noun A person or thing that reacts to something.