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nucleant, a. and n.|ˈnjuːklɪənt| [f. nucleus n. + -ant1.] A. adj. Forming a nucleus. rare—1.
1953S. Beckett Watt 142 In his own vitals, nucleant, he knew them clasped. B. n. A particle that initiates nucleation; = nucleus n. 9.
1968Jrnl. Appl. Meteorol. VII. 858/1 The relatively high base temperatures of the convective clouds makes [sic] it rather unlikely that their precipitation can be increased by the injection of ice nucleants. 1969G. F. Bolling in Solidification (Amer. Soc. Metals) (1971) xi. 364 The effective nucleants seem to be those active in the melt, in the sense of having been freshly formed in the melt. |