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reagent

/ɹiˈeɪdʒənt/

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What does reagent mean?

noun

  1. A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

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/ɹiˈeɪdʒənt/

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/ˈɹidʒənt/
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When it is very nearly neutral, add the reagent, HCl or NaOH, a drop at a time with the stirring-rod.
Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) WilliamsAn Introduction to Chemical ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #3708
Apparently because it cannot be liquefied by the reagent disgorged by the worms.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
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There appears to me a strong analogy between the same infection or contagion producing the same result, or one closely similar, in two distinct animals, and the testing of two distinct fluids by the same chemical reagent.) of their tissues and blood, both in minute structure and composition, far more plainly than does their comparison under the best microscope, or by the aid of the best chemical analysis.
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300