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fumigant

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 09.01.2025

Meanings

põllumajanduses suitsu, auru või gaasi kujul kasutatav mürgine taimekaitsevahend

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ID 715633 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Agriculture - Food Industry - Livestock Industry - FisheriesChemistry
fumigant preferred
  • a chemical which, at a required temperature and pressure, can exist in the gaseous state in sufficient concentration to be lethal to a given pest organism. This definition implies that a fumigant acts as a gas in the strictest sense of the word.
fumigant preferred
fumigant
Usage examples
  • Dried aromatic herbs, spices and vegetable seasonings are frequently contaminated and/or infested with organisms and their metabolites which are harmful to public health. Such contamination and/or infestation can no longer be treated with fumigants such as ethylene oxide because of the toxic potential of their residues.

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

fumigant fumigandid
fumigandi fumigantide
fumiganti fumigante ~ fumigantisid

Etymology

laensõna
  • fumigant
    • фумигант 'fumigant'

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