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реаге́нт — meaning in English

reagent

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English meaning

  • agent noun A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in business or legal matters.
  • 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

реаге́нт is used for these senses in English:

  • agent An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
  • 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.

agent — full definition

  1. noun A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in business or legal matters.
  2. noun A person who works, often secretly, for a government or intelligence organization.
  3. noun A substance or force that produces an effect.

reactor — full definition

  1. noun A structure or device that produces energy through a controlled nuclear reaction.
  2. noun A person or thing that reacts to something.

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