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View synonyms for inhibitor
inhibitor
or in·hib·it·er
[ in-hib-i-ter ]
noun
- a person or thing that inhibits.
- Chemistry. a substance that decreases the rate of or stops completely a chemical reaction.
- any impurity in a mineral that prevents luminescence. Compare activator ( def 3 ).
- Rocketry. an inert antioxidant used with solid propellants to inhibit burning on certain surfaces.
inhibitor
/ ɪnˈhɪbɪtə /
noun
- Also calledinhibiter a person or thing that inhibits
- Also calledanticatalyst a substance that retards or stops a chemical reaction Compare catalyst
- biochem
- a substance that inhibits the action of an enzyme
- a substance that inhibits a metabolic or physiological process
a plant growth inhibitor
- any impurity in a solid that prevents luminescence
- an inert substance added to some rocket fuels to inhibit ignition on certain surfaces
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Origin of inhibitor1
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Example Sentences
The character in this case is an inhibitor of tail development.
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Such birds being heterozygous for the inhibitor factor, should be whites showing some coloured "ticks."
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Probably we ought to regard the beardless as a bearded wheat in which there is an inhibitor that stops the beard from growing.
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The Silky is pure for the pigmentation factor, but does not contain the inhibitor factor.
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On account of this weakness of the inhibitor in the germ-plasm of No. 117 that inhibitor is rarely fully activated.
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