activant

English

Noun

activant (plural activants)

1. A substance or agent that activates a process.
   • 1956, Engineering and Contract Record, volume 69, number 1, page 42:

     Since the unit uses chlorine as the activant, it is particularly suited to processes where chlorine is used for sterilization or slime control […]

Catalan

Verb

activant

1. gerund of activar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.ti.vɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Participle

activant

1. present participle of activer

Further reading

• “activant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French activant.

Adjective

activant m or n (feminine singular activantă, masculine plural activanți, feminine and neuter plural activante)

1. activating

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	activant		activantă		activanți	activante
	definite	activantul		activanta		activanții	activantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	activant		activante		activanți	activante
	definite	activantului		activantei		activanților	activantelor