Explore Alkylating through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Alkylating meaning
present participle and gerund of alkylate
Using Alkylating
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of alkylate
- In the example corpus, alkylating often appears in combinations such as: alkylating agents.
Context around Alkylating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 14 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alkylating
- In this selection, "alkylating" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 14 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sterilant, unlike and agents stand out and add context to how "alkylating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alkylating agents like and attacked by alkylating agents to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alkylating" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alkylating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Unlike alkylating agents, anti-metabolites are cell cycle dependent. (9 words)
Pyridine is easily attacked by alkylating agents to give N-alkylpyridinium salts. (12 words)
Alkylating agents like mustard gas may also cause breakages in the DNA backbone. (13 words)
The most common secondary neoplasm is secondary acute myeloid leukemia, which develops primarily after treatment with alkylating agents or topoisomerase inhibitors. (21 words)
However, sterilant alkylating agents (e.g. ethylene oxide ), and 10% bleach are effective against endospores. (15 words)
Alkylating agents like mustard gas may also cause breakages in the DNA backbone. (13 words)
Example sentences (5)
Alkylating agents like mustard gas may also cause breakages in the DNA backbone.
However, sterilant alkylating agents (e.g. ethylene oxide ), and 10% bleach are effective against endospores.
Pyridine is easily attacked by alkylating agents to give N-alkylpyridinium salts.
The most common secondary neoplasm is secondary acute myeloid leukemia, which develops primarily after treatment with alkylating agents or topoisomerase inhibitors.
Unlike alkylating agents, anti-metabolites are cell cycle dependent.
Common combinations with alkylating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: