penetrant
Use Penetrant in a sentence
ɪ noun
1.
a person or thing that penetrates.
2.
a compound that penetrates the skin, as a lotion or cream.
3.
a substance that lowers the surface tension of water; wetting agent.
4.
Zoology. a large nematocyst discharging a barbed thread that penetrates the body of the prey and injects a toxic fluid.
adjective
5.
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Penetrant
is always a great word to know.
So is vertebrate. Does it mean:
| phylum comprised of annelids |
| having a backbone or spinal column |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | sharp; penetrating |
| —n | |
| 2. | chem a substance that lowers the surface tension of a liquid and thus causes it to penetrate or be absorbed more easily |
| 3. | a person or thing that penetrates |
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Example sentences
If the phenotype is always expressed in the presence of the genotype, the genotype is completely penetrant.
When the penetrant is removed from the surface, some of it remains entrapped in the discontinuities.
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