moderant

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See also: modérant

English

Noun

moderant (plural moderants)

  1. Something that moderates. Most commonly used in connection with explosives or chemistry.
    • 1898, John Wade, Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry: A Text-book for Students in the Universitites and Technical Schools, Swan Sonnenschein, page 182:
      It partially dissolves in nitro-glycerine to a gelatinous mass, which, when mixed with castor-oil as a moderant, or with vaseline as a lubricant, forms a valuable “high” explosive—maximite, cordite.
    • 1946, Colonel Townsend Whelan, Small Arms Design and Ballistics, volume II Ballistics, Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, page 20:
      The moderants used in many nitro-cellulose powders tend to cooler burning and reduce the rate of erosion.
    • 1962 December 14, Classification Bulletin of the United States Patent Office, Class 165, Heat Exchange, pages 176-26:
      When only a liquid coolant is disclosed and there is nothing to infer that the reaction is unmoderated (fast reactor), the liquid coolant will be interpreted as also serving as a moderant (unless by its very nature or chemical make-up it cannot so function).

Catalan

Verb

moderant

  1. gerund of moderar

Latin

Verb

moderant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of moderō
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