conservant

comparative more conservant · superlative most conservant

1. Having the power or quality of conservation; conserving.

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

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

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   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.

   1875, Theodore Juergensen, “Croupous Pneumonia”, in Hugo von Ziemssen, editor, Cyclopædia of the Practice of Medicine - Volume 5, page 147

   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.

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

plural conservants

1. A substance that is used for the purpose of conserving; a preservative.

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

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

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   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.

   1900, Ophthalmic record - Volume 9, page 136

   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.

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