Agar Definition

āgär-āgär, ägär-ä-
noun
A gelatinous product made from seaweed and used as a base for bacterial cultures, as a laxative, in jellied and preserved foods, in electrophoresis, etc.
Webster's New World
A base containing agar.
Webster's New World
A gelatinous material derived from certain marine algae. It is used as a base for bacterial culture media and as a stabilizer and thickener in many food products.
American Heritage Medicine
A culture medium containing this material.
American Heritage Medicine

A gelatinous material obtained from the marine algae, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.

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A gelatinous material obtained from marine algae, especially seaweed, used as a medium for growing bacterial cultures in the laboratory and as a thickener and stabilizer in food products.
American Heritage Science

Origin of Agar

  • From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for Malay agar-agar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Agar Sentence Examples

  • We have tried it and it seems as reliable as using plain sugar agar.

  • Minor rivers are the Sakri, Hamp, Tesua, Agar, Maniari, Arpa, Kharod, Lilagar, Jonk and Bareri.

  • Alternatively, sterile clear pots can be bought, and sterile agar can be poured into them.

  • Be careful not to let the wire loop dig into the soft agar.

  • When fixed amounts of this dilution series are mixed with an appropriate agar and incubated, then different numbers of colonies will be obtained.

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Words Starting With

AAGAGA

Words Ending With

RARGAR

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