activant

activant (plural activants)

1. A substance or agent that activates a process.
   • 1956, Engineering and Contract Record, volume 69, number 1, page 42:

     Since the unit uses chlorine as the activant, it is particularly suited to processes where chlorine is used for sterilization or slime control […]

activant

1. gerund of activar

• IPA^(key): /ak.ti.vɑ̃/

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activant

1. present participle of activer

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

Borrowed from French activant.

activant m or n (feminine singular activantă, masculine plural activanți, feminine and neuter plural activante)

1. activating