coagulant
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- anticoagulator noun
Etymology
Origin of coagulant
1760–70; < Latin coāgulant- (stem of coāgulāns, present participle of coāgulāre to coagulate ), equivalent to coāgul ( um ) coagulum + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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The researchers say their fish mix is less toxic than other available coagulants—a toxicity that discourages some manufacturers from filtering ceramic waste at all.
From Scientific American
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
“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
For all of its dizzying spontaneity and dazzling breadth, his best music remains meticulous and coagulant, holding its own form.
From Washington Post
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
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