coagulant
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coagulant
1760–70; < Latin coāgulant- (stem of coāgulāns, present participle of coāgulāre to coagulate ), equivalent to coāgul ( um ) coagulum + -ant- -ant
Vocabulary lists containing coagulant
Example Sentences
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The research focused on in-line filtration, a method in which water is first treated with a coagulant and then passed through a sand filter.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
The pot already contained a coagulant — probably gypsum — and after a few minutes under cover, the lid was lifted, and I spooned into the most ethereal tofu I had ever eaten.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2022
“They recruit more and more platelets, and when they are activated, they explode and produce coagulant material. HIT is like a forest fire; it just self-perpetuates.”
From Scientific American ● Apr. 12, 2021
A popular theory says that Liu An, a Chinese nobleman during the Han dynasty, accidentally invented it when soy milk somehow mixed with a natural coagulant.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2019
Whether it is necessary to employ any coagulant, or whether latex should be allowed to coagulate naturally, will not be discussed at this stage.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
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