reducent

English

Etymology

From Latin reducens, present participle of reducere.

Adjective

reducent (comparative more reducent, superlative most reducent)

1. Tending to reduce.

Noun

reducent (plural reducents)

1. A reducing agent.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “reducent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Dutch

Etymology

From reduceren +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌreː.dyˈsɛnt/

Noun

reducent m (plural reducenten, diminutive reducentje n)

1. decomposer

   Antonym: producent

Further reading

• reducent on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Latin

Verb

redūcent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of redūcō