educt
[ ee-duhkt ]
/ ˈi dʌkt /
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noun
something educed; eduction.
Chemistry. a substance extracted from a mixture, as distinguished from a product.
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Words nearby educt
educationist, educative, educator, educatory, educe, educt, eduction, eductive, eductor, edulcorate, edutainment
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Example sentences from the Web for educt
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 CrawfordIt regards every organised being as generated by one of like kind, either as an educt or a product.
Kant's Critique of Judgement|Immanuel KantStill, 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
British Dictionary definitions for educt
educt
/ (ˈiːdʌkt) /
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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