conservant

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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

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.

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Catalan

Verb

conservant

  1. gerund of conservar

French

Participle

conservant

  1. present participle of conserver

Anagrams

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

Noun

conservant m (plural conservanți)

  1. preservative

Declension