"reducing agent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reducing agents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reducing agent (plural reducing agents)
  1. (chemistry) Any substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another; in so doing, it becomes oxidized. Synonyms: reducer, reductant Coordinate_terms: oxidizing agent Translations (any substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another): редуктор (reduktor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 還原劑 /还原剂 (huányuánjì) (Chinese Mandarin), pelkistin (Finnish), réducteur (French), Reduktionsmittel (German), αναγωγικό μέσο (anagogikó méso) [neuter] (Greek), חומר מחזר (Hebrew), bahan pereduksi (Indonesian), riducente (Italian), 還元剤 (kangen-zai) (Japanese), agen penurunan (Malay), reduktor [masculine] (Polish), reductor [masculine] (Spanish), indirge madde (Turkish)

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