conservant
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the power or quality of conservation; conserving.
noun
A substance that is used for the purpose of conserving; a preservative.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It is the procreant and conservant cause, but no material of our Sanctification ."
- "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."
- "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."
- "The total number of microorganisms was increased slightly in feces kept without conservant, mainly on account of the aerobic group."
- "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."
Etymology
From Latin conservans.