retardant
noun
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adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French retardant, equivalent to retard (“to slow down”) + -ant.
- Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French retardant, equivalent to retard (“to slow down”) + -ant.
- Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something.
“It took until last year for mattresses and furniture containing the highly toxic retardant deca-BDE to be banned, under European law, from sale. […] To make matters worse, far from saving us from fires, flame retardants appear to increase the risk.”