coagulant

English

Etymology

From Latin coagulans, present participle of coāgulō (“to thicken”).

Adjective

coagulant (not comparable)

1. That causes coagulation or that coagulates.

Noun

coagulant (plural coagulants)

1. A substance that causes coagulation.

   Synonym: coagulator (especially in nonmedical contexts)

   Antonym: anticoagulant

   Coordinate terms: styptic; clotting factor

   Magnesium sulfate is the coagulant used in making tofu. It causes the liquid soy milk to separate into solid tofu and water.

   • 1909, Water-supply Paper, page 188:

     Aluminum also is an incrustant present in most waters in quantities so small that it is not necessary to consider it; but when too much aluminum sulphate, a substance frequently used as a coagulant in filtering water, is added in the process of filtering, the excess passes through the filter and may cause trouble in the boiler, where it hydrolyzes, forming free sulphuric acid.

   • 2007, Jim McLauchlin, Christine Little, Betty C. Hobbs, Hobbs' Food Poisoning and Food Hygiene, page 161:

     Primary stage – removal of insoluble particulate material by screening, the addition of coagulants, followed by settlementation.

Translations

substance that causes coagulation

• Armenian: մակարդիչ (hy) (makardičʻ)
• Dutch: stollingsmiddel n
• Finnish: hyydyte
• French: coagulant (fr) m
• Irish: téachtach m
• Polish: koagulant m
• Portuguese: coagulante
• Slovak: koagulant, zrážadlo
• Tagalog: pampamuo

Derived terms

• hypercoagulant
• hypocoagulant
• noncoagulant
• precoagulant
• procoagulant

 

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ə.ɣuˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.ə.ɣuˈlant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.a.ɣuˈlant]

Verb

coagulant

1. gerund of coagular

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

coagulant

1. present participle of coaguler

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

coāgulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of coāgulō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coagulant.

Noun

coagulant m (plural coagulanți)

1. coagulant

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coagulant	coagulantul		coagulanți	coagulanții
genitive-dative	coagulant	coagulantului		coagulanți	coagulanților
vocative	coagulantule			coagulanților