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Definition of Penetrants
1. penetrant [n] - See also: penetrant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penetrants
Literary usage of Penetrants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"... both should be lethal and both should be penetrants.'' They might well have
added that both should be instantly and powerfully lachrymatory. ..."
2. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"... both should be lethal and both should be penetrants.'' They might well have
added that both should be instantly and powerfully lachrymatory. ..."
3. Our Insect Friends and Enemies: The Relation of Insects to Man, to Other by John Bernhard Smith (1909)
"Among the penetrants the mineral oils rank highest. A light crude petroleum of
the paraffine series, testing 43° or over on the Beaume" scale, ..."
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