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agar

/ˈɑˌɡɑɹ/

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What does agar mean?

noun

  1. A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
  2. A culture medium based on this material.
  3. A pattern that is periodic in both space and time covering the whole plane.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. agarwood

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɑˌɡɑɹ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈæ.ɡəɹ//ˈeɪˌɡɑɹ/
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For these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
By which it is manifest, that Angel signifieth there, nothing but God himself, that caused Agar supernaturally to apprehend a voice supernaturall, testifying Gods speciall presence there.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207
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The prayer of Agar runs, "Feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain."
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
Within the Hut, at a temperature which ranged from 40 degrees to 45 degrees F., the number of micro-organisms continuously increased, if the exposure of agar plates at regular intervals (by night) gave a true indication.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137