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expellant

Meaning of "expellant" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF EXPELLANT

ɪkˈspɛlənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPELLANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expellant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EXPELLANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of expellant in the English dictionary

The definition of expellant in the dictionary is forcing out or having the capacity to force out. Other definition of expellant is a medicine used to expel undesirable substances or organisms from the body, esp worms from the digestive tract.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPELLANT

appellant · bipropellant · dipropellant · equivalent · excellent · expellent · fraudulent · gellant · impellent · interpellant · monopropellant · prevalent · propellant · propellent · repellant · repellent · silent · talent · violent · volant

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPELLANT

expedition · expeditionary · expeditionary force · expeditious · expeditiously · expeditiousness · expeditive · expeditor · expel · expellable · expelled · expellee · expellent · expeller · expellers · expelling · expend · expendability · expendable · expender

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPELLANT

ballant · callant · Feuillant · flagellant · fore-topgallant · galant · gallant · implant · installant · libellant · on a slant · plant · power plant · scintillant · solid propellant · surveillant · topgallant · transplant · ungallant · vacillant

Synonyms and antonyms of expellant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expellant» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF EXPELLANT

Find out the translation of expellant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of expellant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expellant» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

驱除
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

expelente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

expellant
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

expellant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

expellant
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

вытесняющего
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

propulsor
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

expellant
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

propulseur
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Expellant
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

ausstoß
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

駆除剤
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

퇴피
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Expellant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

expellant
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வெளியேற்றும் தன்மை உடைய
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Expellant
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Expellant
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

propulsore
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

expellant
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

витісняючого
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

expellant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απωθητικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

expellant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utdrivande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expellant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expellant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPELLANT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of expellant
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expellant

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPELLANT»

Discover the use of expellant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expellant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Operation Of Fire Protection Systems
Chemical agents are stored in pressure containers, usually of welded steel construction, either under atmospheric pressure until the system is actuated or under the pressure of the internally stored expellant gas. Containers in which dry  ...
Arthur E. Cote, 2003
2
Theoretical Considerable of Nonuniformly Charged Expellant Beams
The effect of transverse magnetic fields on the formation of detonation waves was studied with hydrogen-oxygen mixtures in a 50-mm diameter cylindrical tube. Both steady-state and oscillating (60 cycles per second) fields were employed.
Robert E. Hunter, Aeronautical Research Laboratories (U.S.)., Ohio State University, 1960
3
Ecological Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites
In practice, an expellant solution is applied to the soil surface within a sampling frame and allowed to percolate. Earthworms are then collected as they emerge from the soil. To enhance absorption of the expellant by the soil and to facilitate ...
Glenn W. Suter II, Rebecca A. Efroymson, Bradley E. Sample, 2000
4
Biology of Earthworms
(2003) Table 2.2 AITC, formalin and mustard concentrations per application in the efficiency assessment Expellant Unit Concentration per application aConcentrations based on the concentration optimization experiment bConcentrations from ...
Ayten Karaca, 2010
5
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
INTERORBITAL TRANSPORTATION PROPELLANT COST PROPELLANT COST = COST OF NUCL FUEL + TRANSPORTATION COST OF FUEL NUCLFUEL AND EXPELLANT INTO ORBIT COST= 10-14$/erg = $424, 000 per kt ...
6
Laser Program Annual Report
The fusion reactions convert each pellet, as well as a surrounding mass of added hydrogen (called the expellant), into an expanding, plasma-debris cloud. The magnetic field diverts approximately two-thirds of this debris and causes it to exit  ...
7
Introduction to Fire Protection
In an extinguisher with the expellant gas stored in a remote reservoir, the reservoir must be punctured to release the gas into the container expelling the contents. The expellant gas in this type of extinguisher is usually carbon dioxide. This type ...
Robert Klinoff, 2011
8
Fire technology abstracts
The enclosure carries an agent tank, an expellant tank and an accumulator tank. The agent tank contains fire extinguishing agent and includes an expellent inlet and an agent outlet. The expellant tank contains pressurized expellant fluid.
Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory, United States. National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, 1978
9
Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries: Hazard ...
In a stored pressure type the agent is expelled by an expellant gas held in the same chamber. In a pump tank type expulsion of the agent is effected by pressure generated by operation of the hand pump. The inverting type has been obsolete ...
Sam Mannan, 2004
10
Handbook of Industrial Loss Preventation: Recommended ...
The initial test of a new installation should insure that all expellant-gas containers be actuated. If possible, the dry chemical and expellant gas should be discharged through the piping and nozzles. If a discharge of dry chemical is undesirable, ...
Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation, 1967

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPELLANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term expellant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stop Bacteria With Nature's Antibiotics
In addition to this already impressive list of abilities, oregano oil is also a powerful parasitic expellant, is valuable as a food preservative, and ... «ProHealth, Nov 14»
2
Firefighter Safety: Fire Extinguisher Testing
... valves, pressure relief devices, pressure gauges, locking devices, hoses, nozzles, mounting devices, expellant gases, extinguishing agents, ... «FireEngineering.com, Aug 14»
3
LIG Nex1 to fight bird strikes with robots
The LIG Nex1 Bird Expellant System, or LBES, is the company's latest innovation to replace the existing method of using roar bombs or blanks. «The Korea Herald, Oct 13»
4
Azerbaijan: Pino Arlacchi Embarrasses Europe
... is "free, fair and transparent" while the Socialists in Brussels demand Pino Arlacchi's expellant and taking disciplinary action against him. «Panorama.am, Oct 13»
5
VTB Bank (Armenia) to extend student loans under government's …
Expellant-performing students will enjoy a preferential interest rate on the loan. These loans are extended at a 12-percent annual interest rate, ... «Arka News Agency, Apr 13»
6
Israel's public relations problem
They don't “target” anyone, their rockets are the equivalent of firing a shotgun in the air and hoping the expellant lands on someone's head 100 ... «Spectator.co.uk, Nov 12»
7
Nigeria: Why alligator pepper is good for diabetes
Alligator pepper is reputedly aphrodisiacs, worm expellant, stimulants and diuretics as well as useful in the treatment of measles, leprosy, low ... «FreshPlaza, Jan 12»
8
Local solution to mozzie bites
The active constituents in the essential oil of L javanica proved to be a potent mosquito repellent and expellant. In tests, under carefully ... «Independent Online, Jul 11»
9
Mystery surrounds huge explosion as investigators say hair tongs …
"Pressurised aerosol containers contain a small quantity of highly inflammable butane gas which acts as an expellant for the contents. "Due to ... «Daily Mail, Dec 07»
REFERENCE
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