Explore Inoculum through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like substance or matter. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Inoculum in a sentence
Inoculum meaning
The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
Using Inoculum
- The main meaning on this page is: The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
- Useful related words include: inoculant, substance, matter.
- In the example corpus, inoculum often appears in combinations such as: inoculum and, inoculum is.
Context around Inoculum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inoculum
- In this selection, "inoculum" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fear, season, minimize, culling and sources stand out and add context to how "inoculum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include early season inoculum and subsequent and if inoculum is not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inoculum" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inoculum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If inoculum is not added, fermentation could take up to 7 days. (12 words)
When inoculum is added, fermentation can take approximately 20 hours to 3 days. (13 words)
They also compared the green roof identified to those present in the inoculum and in the air. (17 words)
This dormant season’s early dry weather in most growing regions has given growers a larger window for pruning and removing dead wood and infected tissues in order to minimize inoculum sources and reduce the chances for infections next spring and summer. (42 words)
Powdery mildew requires season-long management because of early season inoculum and subsequent infection caused by fungal spores that can infect, develop new spores and re-infect throughout the summer. (30 words)
The whole album can be split in two between those that sound like old school Tool ('Fear Inoculum', 'Culling Voices' and '7empest') and those that don’t. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
They also compared the green roof identified to those present in the inoculum and in the air.
Tool released Fear Inoculum, its first new album in 13 years, in August, and is in the midst of an accompanying tour.
The whole album can be split in two between those that sound like old school Tool ('Fear Inoculum', 'Culling Voices' and '7empest') and those that don’t.
Powdery mildew requires season-long management because of early season inoculum and subsequent infection caused by fungal spores that can infect, develop new spores and re-infect throughout the summer.
This dormant season’s early dry weather in most growing regions has given growers a larger window for pruning and removing dead wood and infected tissues in order to minimize inoculum sources and reduce the chances for infections next spring and summer.
If inoculum is not added, fermentation could take up to 7 days.
Virus or phage cultures require a two-stage inoculation: after the agar preparation, bacteria are grown in the dish to provide hosts for the viral inoculum.
When inoculum is added, fermentation can take approximately 20 hours to 3 days.
Common combinations with inoculum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- inoculum and 2×
- inoculum is 2×