[1595–1605; ‹ L germinant- (s. of germināns), prp. of germināre to germinate;-ant]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: detail, domain, posture, premium, redundant-ant is a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in Frenchand Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that namedby the stem (ascendant; pretendant), esp. in the formation of nouns denoting human agents in legal actions or otherformal procedures (tenant; defendant; applicant; contestant). In technical and commercial coinages, -ant is a suffix of nouns denoting impersonal physical agents (propellant; lubricant; deodorant). In general, -ant can be added only to bases of Latin origin, with a very few exceptions, as coolant
Examples of 'germinant' in a sentence
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Combinations of multiple germinant types are also able to overcome the effects of inhibitory bile salts.
Travis J. Kochan, Michelle S. Shoshiev, Jessica L. Hastie, Madeline J. Somers, YaelM. Plotnick, Daniela F. Gutierrez-Munoz, Elissa D. Foss, Alyxandria M. Schubert, AshleyD. Smith, Sally K. Zimmerman, Paul E. Carlson, Philip C. Hanna 2018, 'Germinant Synergy Facilitates Clostridium difficile Spore Germination under PhysiologicalConditions', mSpherehttps://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00335-18. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)