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decomponent ? Obs.|diːkəmˈpəʊnənt|
[Formed on a L. type dē-compōnent-em, f. dē-compōnĕre, not in ancient L., but inferred from decompose, decomposition: see de- I. 6.]
A decomposing agent.
1797Henry in Phil. Trans. LXXXVII. 409 That the decomponent of the water..is not a metallic body, will appear highly probable. 1800Ibid. XC. 189 The action of the electric fluid itself, as a decomponent. |