Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.

    Agar

    ага́р-ага́рagár-agár

    a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods

  2. (countable, uncountable)A culture medium based on this material.

    ага́рagár

    any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

  3. (countable, uncountable)A pattern that is periodic in both space and time covering the whole plane.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Agarwood

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He wants more sago and agar-agar.

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  2. And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.

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  3. Abram was four score and six years old when Agar brought him forth Ismael.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
gelatinous substance:
culture medium:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
gelatinous substance:

Origin

From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar. Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगर

From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.

Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru).

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Forms

plural: agars
Singularagar
Pluralagars

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods:agar-agar
  • any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent:nutrient agar

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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