Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A source of nourishment, especially a nourishing ingredient in a food.
- adjective Providing nourishment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affording nutriment or nourishment; nourishing; nutritive; nutritious.
- Conveying or purveying nourishment; alimentative: as, nutrient vessels.
- noun A nutrient substance; something nutritious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.
- noun Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth; a nutriment.
- noun (Microbiology) A substance added to the growth medium of a microorganism to promote growth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
source ofnourishment , such asfood , that can bemetabolized by anorganism to giveenergy andbuild tissue . - adjective
providing nourishment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
- adjective of or providing nourishment
- noun any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The marine environments are highly varied and are associated with water temperature regimes differing in nutrient and light levels.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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The nutrient is thought to improve balance as well as maintain muscle mass in older people.
Training Elderly People in Martial Arts Could Cut Their Risk of Injuries from Falls | Impact Lab 2010
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(Which is not to stay we could use all of that straw to produce ethanol and other biofuels: some straw needs to be left on the field after harvest to help prevent soil erosion and maintain nutrient levels, and quite a lot of it already has its uses, as feed and bedding for cattle.)
Spinning straw into liquid gold ewillett 2008
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There are dozens of examples like this of diseases caused by long-term nutrient deficiency.
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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An increase in nutrient input in the Baltic is compromising water clarity by promoting algal blooms.
July 19th, 2007 2007
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The other part asked patients to choose which of two foods had more or less of a certain nutrient, giving patients a 50/50 chance to guess the correct food item.
Archive 2006-09-01 Steve Carper 2006
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The other part asked patients to choose which of two foods had more or less of a certain nutrient, giving patients a 50/50 chance to guess the correct food item.
Food Labels Not Understood by the Sick Steve Carper 2006
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I was constantly hooked in, floating in nutrient-gel, eyes covered, fingers locked, steering, loading and filtering information so that people engaged in other pursuits could be kept current on politics, art, media and technology.
365 tomorrows » 2005 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2005
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Arthritis specialists have long recommended that patients consume an adequate daily amount of vitamin C because the nutrient is both a potent antioxidant and a key player in the formation of joint cartilage.
Medpundit 2004
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Arthritis specialists have long recommended that patients consume an adequate daily amount of vitamin C because the nutrient is both a potent antioxidant and a key player in the formation of joint cartilage.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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