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Definition: Reagent |
ReagentNoun1. A chemical agent for use in chemical reactions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reagent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | A substance for use in chemical synthesis and analysis. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A substance employed to produce a chemical reaction so as to detect, measure, produce, etc., other substances. (references) |
Medicine | 2)any compound taking part in a chemical reaction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Experiment | Crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix; assay, ordeal; ring; litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper; test tube; analytical instruments. |
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Health | A common method of illegal methamphetamine production uses lead acetate as a reagent. (references) | |
Although initially used for immune deficiency states, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has also been utilized as a prophylactic and therapeutic reagent in a variety of other conditions. (references) | ||
Business | VAT (19%) is, therefore, calculated upon a price including transport fees plus all of the above taxes, which leads to a price increase of about 20%. There is a no-duty exception for biochemistry analyzers during the first 6 months of the year 2000. The high level of duty is a serious impediment to imports from the United States, especially for hematology analyzers, blood cell counters and composite reagent test kits, products that become less competitive than similar EU products, even if they are of better quality. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Reagent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.44% of the time. "Reagent" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.44% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 15.56% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "reagent": Karl Fischer reagent ♦ reagent paper ♦ Reagent Strips ♦ Schweitzer's reagent. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
reagent | 16 |
limiting reagent | 14 |
chemistry reagent | 12 |
reagent chemical | 10 |
fentons reagent | 8 |
reagent strip | 5 |
reagent bottle | 4 |
reagent tri | 4 |
hitachi reagent | 4 |
benedicts reagent | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reagent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | reaktiv (Aerojet, jet, missile, reactive, test), reagent. (various references) | |
Arabic | كاشف مادة في الكيمياء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | реактив (test), реагент (reactant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 试剂. (various references) | |
Czech | reagens, èinidlo (agent). (various references) | |
Danish | reagens (reactant). (various references) | |
Dutch | reagens (reactant). (various references) | |
Farsi | موضوع ازمایش روانی . (various references) | |
Finnish | reagenssi (molten salts in the form of reagents or heat exchangers may come into contact with the steels). (various references) | |
French | réactif (reactant, reacting, reactive). (various references) | |
German | Reagenz, Reagens, Gegenkraft. (various references) | |
Greek | αντιδραστήριο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפעיל (actuator, agent, effector, operator). (various references) | |
Hungarian | reagens (reactant, reactive, test), vegyszer. (various references) | |
Italian | reagente (reactant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 試薬 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しやく. (various references) | |
Korean | 시약. (various references) | |
Manx | ym-obbree. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eagentray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | reagente (reactant). (various references) | |
Romanian | reactiv (reactive, test). (various references) | |
Russian | реактив (chemical agent), реагент. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | reagens (test). (various references) | |
Spanish | reactivo (aerojet, reactant, reactive). (various references) | |
Swedish | reagens (reagent paper). (various references) | |
Turkish | reaktif, reaksiyon (countercheck, effect, reaction, rebound, take), tepki (answer, countercheck, reaction, rebound, reception, repercussion, repercussions, response, revulsion, take), miyar (standard, test), denek (experimental, guinea pig, subject, test subject), ayıraç. (various references) | |
Ukranian | реактив, реагент. (various references) | |
Welsh | adweithydd (reactor). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reagent": reagents. (additional references) | |
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"Reagent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eriugena, raegan, ragment, Raguenet, reagant, reage, reageant, reagen, reagens, reagon, reasent, regaen, reigen, reigneth, Remagen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reagent" (pronounced rēā"junt) |
| 5 | -ā" j u n t | agent. |
| 4 | -j u n t | argent, astringent, cogent, contingent, convergent, detergent, diligent, divergent, emergent, exigent, indigent, indulgent, insurgent, intelligent, intransigent, negligent, pageant, pungent, Regent, resurgent, sergeant, stringent, tangent, urgent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, convalescent, convenient, convent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indignant, indolent, inducement, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, integument, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: grantee, greaten, negater. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: argent, enrage, entera, ergate, garnet, genera, gerent, neater, negate, regent. | |
-2 letters: agene, agent, agree, anger, antre, arete, eager, eagre, eaten, eater, egret, enate, enter, genet, genre, grant, grate, great, green, greet, ragee, ranee, range, regna, rente, retag, targe, tenge, terga, terne, treen. | |
-3 letters: agee, ager, ante, earn, eger, erne, etna, gaen, gane, gate, gear, gene, gent, geta, gnar, gnat, gran, grat, gree, near, neat, rage, rang, rant, rate, rent, rete, tang, tare, tarn, tear, teen, tern, tree. | |
-4 letters: age, ane, ant, are, art, ate, ear, eat, eng, era, ere, erg, ern, eta, gae, gan, gar, gat, gee, gen, get, nae, nag, nee, net, rag, ran, rat, ree, reg, ret, tae, tag, tan, tar, tea, tee, teg, ten. | |
-5 letters: ae, ag, an, ar, at, en, er, et, na, ne, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: estrange, generate, grantees, gratinee, greatens, interage, negaters, reagents, regental, sergeant, teenager. | |
+2 letters: agentries, agreement, argentine, argentite, augmenter, denigrate, engrafted, entangler, entourage, estranged, estranger, estranges, garmented, generated, generates, generator, germinate, gratineed, gratinees, greatened, greatness, guarantee, integrate, margented, parentage, rectangle, regranted, reheating, repeating, reseating, reteaming, retearing, segregant, sergeants, sergeanty, stingaree, tangerine, teenagers, teratogen. | |
+3 letters: agreements, antimerger, argentines, argentites, augmenters, baronetage, centigrade, congregate, deaerating, degenerate, denigrated, denigrates, dermatogen, dewatering, emarginate, enervating, entanglers, entourages, entreating, ergotamine, estrangers, estreating, execrating, feathering, federating, fragmented, garnierite, generalist, generality, generating, generation, generative, generators, generatrix, germinated, germinates, goaltender, gravestone, greatening, greenheart, guaranteed, guarantees, hatemonger, heartening, impregnate, ingathered, integrable, integrated, integrates, intergrade, interregna, interstage, leathering, magnetizer, outgeneral, overeating, parentages, percentage, permeating, pregenital, preheating, ravagement, realtering, reargument, recreating, rectangles, reenacting, regelating, regenerate, regimental, relegating, relegation, reteaching, retreading, retreating, segmentary, segregants, steamering, stingarees, strangered, superagent, tangerines, teratogens, vegetarian, venerating, weathering. | |
+4 letters: abridgement, anteverting, argumentive, arrangement, atherogenic, attempering, baronetages, beardtongue, becarpeting, betattering, celebrating, cerebrating, cogenerator, congregated, congregates, degenerated, degenerates, denervating, denigrative, deprecating, depredating, derangement, dermatogens, desecrating, deuterating, engraftment, enlargement, enumerating, enwreathing, ergotamines, everlasting, exonerating, exuberating, featherings, ferrimagnet, ferromagnet, fragmentate, fragmentize, garnierites, generalists, generations, germinative, glabrescent, glycerinate, goaltenders, governorate, granitelike, graniteware, gratineeing, gravestones, greasepaint, greatnesses, greenhearts, hatemongers, hydrogenate, impregnated, impregnates, integrative, interagency, interchange, intergraded, intergrades, interrogate, libertinage, magnetizers, nearsighted, nitrogenase, outgenerals, overbeating, overgarment, overheating, pageantries, paragenetic, penetrating, percentages, peregrinate, perennating, pomegranate, praelecting, preenacting, pretreating, ravagements, reaccenting, reaccepting, realignment, rearguments, rearresting, reasserting, recarpeting, redefeating, reeducating, refastening, refrigerant, regathering, regenerated, regenerates, regenerator, regimentals, reintegrate, reiterating, rejacketing, relegations, remarketing, remastering, remediating, renegotiate, reoperating, rerepeating, retargeting, rethreading, segregating, segregation, sergeanties, strangeness, superagents, talebearing, teratogenic, threatening, tiebreaking, tragedienne, transgender, undereating, unregulated, vegetarians, vinaigrette, weatherings. | |
+5 letters: abridgements, accelerating, aeromagnetic, aggrievement, androgenetic, antiestrogen, archegoniate, arrangements, asseverating, beardtongues, bespattering, carpentering, cartwheeling, cogeneration, cogenerators, conglomerate, counteragent, counterargue, counterimage, decelerating, degenerately, degenerating, degeneration, degenerative, deliberating, demagnetizer, depreciating, derangements, deregulating, deregulation, desiderating, disagreement, disintegrate, endangerment, energization, engraftments, enlargements, entertaining, entreatingly, estrangement, eternalizing, ethnographer, everlastings, eviscerating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exaggeration, exasperating, exenterating, extravagance, ferrimagnets, ferromagnets, fragmentated, fragmentates, fragmentized, fragmentizes, freestanding, galvanometer, generalities, generational, generatrices, geometrician, glycerinated, glycerinates, governmental, governorates, granitewares, gratefulness, greasepaints, guaranteeing, hearteningly, heartrending, hydrogenated, hydrogenates, intenerating, interchanged, interchanger, interchanges, intergrafted, interleaving, interrogated, interrogatee, interrogates, intertillage, intervillage, interweaving, kindergarten, libertinages, magnetometer, magnetometry, mastersinger, nitrogenases, nonregulated, outgeneraled, overgarments, overreacting, overtreating, overwatering, peregrinated, peregrinates, permanganate, perpetrating, perpetuating, photoengrave, pomegranates, predesignate, premarketing, privateering, racketeering, realignments, reassignment, reattempting, rechartering, recuperating, redecorating, rededicating, redintegrate, reengagement, reescalating, reestimating, reevaluating, refrigerants, regenerately, regenerating, regeneration, regenerative, regenerators, reintegrated, reintegrates, reinvigorate, rejuvenating, remunerating, renegotiable, renegotiated, renegotiates, repatterning, replastering, reregulating, reregulation, revegetating, revegetation, segregations, seronegative, stenographer, straightened, straightener, superheating, talebearings, telegramming, telegraphing, theatergoing, tragediennes, transgressed, transgresses, undergarment, unexpurgated, ungerminated, unintegrated, unregenerate, unsegregated, vinaigrettes, weatherizing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 61 67 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .- --. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100001 01100111 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e a g e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0061 0067 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52716773718086 |
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