educt

[ee-duhkt]

noun

something educed; eduction.

Chemistry. a substance extracted from a mixture, as distinguished from a product.

Origin of educt

1790–1800; < Latin ēductum something educed, noun use of neuter of ēductus educed (past participle of ēdūcere to educe), equivalent to ē- e-¹ + -duc- lead + -tus past participle suffix

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Historical Examples of educt

Still, such ethnology as this supplies is an educt from the works in question, rather than their subject.
Man and His Migrations
R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
It regards every organised being as generated by one of like kind, either as an educt or a product.
Kant's Critique of Judgement
Immanuel Kant
To sum up, it seems to the writer that the poison of loco is a product, and not an educt.
Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease
Albert Cornelius Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for educt

educt

noun

a substance separated from another substance without chemical changeCompare product (def. 4)

Word Origin for educt

C18: from Latin ēductus; see educe

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