Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.

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    реаге́нтreagént, реакти́вreaktív

    a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction

Examples

2 sentences
  1. A chemical reaction is a chemical change in which reactants form one or more new products.

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  2. A step change in the feed rate of one reactant results in a gradual change in the reaction rate.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
participant at the start of a chemical reaction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
participant at the start of a chemical reaction:

Forms

plural: reactants
Singularreactant
Pluralreactants

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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