
1) Agricultural chemical 2) Passive fire protection 3) Piercer 4) Sharp, acute insect
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[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 to be used in relation to agrichemicals within Engl...
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[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 items pierce a wall or floor assembly, they creat...
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• (a.) Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.
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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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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.'
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A protective treatment that lines masonry pores; no film is formed on the surface.
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