Definition of agent

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Agent (n.) An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent..

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Chemolysis :: Chemolysis (n.) A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone..
Toxicant :: Toxicant (n.) A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant..
Coagency :: Coagency (n.) Agency in common; joint agency or agent.
Paraffine :: Paraffine (n.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
Pyrothonide :: Pyrothonide (n.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent..
Mean :: Mean (n.) That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument..
Sialogogue :: Sialogogue (n.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences..
Detersive :: Detersive (n.) A cleansing agent; a detergent.
Intoxicant :: Intoxicant (n.) That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants..
Attendant :: Attendant (n.) One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor..
Sensitizer :: Sensitizer (n.) An agent that sensitizes.
Engine :: Engine (n.) Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
Coagulative :: Coagulative (a.) Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent..
Factory :: Factory (n.) A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers..
Subject :: Subject (a.) Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2..
Underagent :: Underagent (n.) A subordinate agent.
Integration :: Integration (n.) In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.
Incitant :: Incitant (n.) That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.
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