reducent

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adjective

Tending to reduce.

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reducerreductant
OriginLatin reducens →
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Meanings

adjectivereducent (comparative more reducent, superlative most reducent)

comparative more reducent · superlative most reducent

  1. Tending to reduce.
nounreducent (plural reducents)

plural reducents

  1. chemistryA reducing agent.

    Synonyms: reducer, reductant

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA reducing agent.

Similar
reducerreductant

Origin

  1. Latinreducens
  2. Englishreducent

From Latin reducens, present participle of reducere.

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APA

reducent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reducent

MLA

“reducent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reducent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reducent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reducent.

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