conservant

English

Etymology

Latin conservans, present participle.

Adjective

conservant (comparative more conservant, superlative most conservant)

1. Having the power or quality of conservation; conserving.
   • 1875, Theodore Juergensen, “Croupous Pneumonia”, in Hugo von Ziemssen, editor, Cyclopædia of the Practice of Medicine - Volume 5, page 147:

     Now, besides these laws, the body is subjected also to the laws of vitality, and the coexistence of these destructive and conservant forces can clearly be recognized.

   • 1990, David D. Hall, The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History, page 102:

     It is the procreant and conservant cause, but no material of our Sanctification .

   • 2014, Pierre Oléron, Jean Piaget, Bärbel Inhelder, Experimental Psychology: Its Scope and Method: Volume VII:

     The problem which remains, however, is to discover whether the combinatorial system is acquired by the same process as the use of a bicycle or, to take a less crude example, whether a child learns to recognize the conservant and non-conservant transformations of a ball of clay in the same way as he learns to recognize colours, or the particular function of each of the switches in a complex electrical apparatus.

Derived terms

• conservancy

Noun

conservant (plural conservants)

1. A substance that is used for the purpose of conserving; a preservative.
   • 1900, Ophthalmic record - Volume 9, page 136:

     This unusual combination of qualities renders the drug useful in two distinct ways at least: first, as a very desirable anaesthetic in the removal of foreign bodies from the cornea; second, as a conservant to the various solutions used by the eye surgeon.

   • 1969, Vladimir Nikolaevich Chernigovskiĭ, Operational Activity, Problems of Habitability and Biotechnology:

     The total number of microorganisms was increased slightly in feces kept without conservant, mainly on account of the aerobic group.

   • 2021, John Boardman, Sergei Solovyov, G.R. Tsetskhladze, Northern Pontic Antiquities in the State Hermitage Museum, page 280:

     To ensure optimal penetration of the conservant, the wood was first moistened with pure solvent , and then a 5 % solution of PBMA was applied with a soft brush, gradually increasing the concentration.

Anagrams

• conversant

Catalan

Verb

conservant

1. gerund of conservar

French

Participle

conservant

1. present participle of conserver

Anagrams

• conversant

Latin

Verb

cōnservant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of cōnservō

Romanian

Etymology

From conserva +‎ -ant.

Adjective

conservant m or n (feminine singular conservantă, masculine plural conservanți, feminine and neuter plural conservante)

1. preservative

Declension

Declension of conservant

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	conservant		conservantă		conservanți	conservante
	definite	conservantul		conservanta		conservanții	conservantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	conservant		conservante		conservanți	conservante
	definite	conservantului		conservantei		conservanților	conservantelor

Noun

conservant m (plural conservanți)

1. preservative

Declension

Declension of conservant

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	conservant	conservantul		conservanți	conservanții
genitive-dative	conservant	conservantului		conservanți	conservanților
vocative	conservantule			conservanților