Look up: penetrant

1. Penetrant
   An additive or adjuvant added to a spray to enable it to penetrate the waxy insect cuticle or the outer surface of plant tissues more effectively.
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2. penetrant
   a liquid which,when applied to a material,is designed to find its way into surface fissures and to remain there in detectable amounts during the subsequent removal of excess from the surface Category: Standards, measures and testing
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3. Penetrant
   Pen'e·trant adjective [ Latin penetrans , present participle of penetrare : confer French pénétrant .] Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold. ' Penetrant and powerful arguments.' Boyle.
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4. Penetrant
   • (a.) Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.
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5. Penetrant
   See Inspection Penetrants
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6. Penetrant
   [biochemical] A biochemical penetrant is a chemical that increases the ability of a poison to apply its toxic effect to a living organism. Typically, the term penetrant when used for a biochemical agent, relates to an agrichemical that is used with a weedkiller or fungicide . The term seems ...
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7. Penetrant
   [mechanical, electrical, or structural] Penetrants, or penetrating items, are the mechanical, electrical or structural items that pass through an opening in a wall or floor, such as pipes, electrical conduits, ducting, cables and cable trays, or structural steel beams and columns. When these...
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