RS.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. RS.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context.
A: The word decant means to pour or otherwise extract only liquid from a container that holds both liquid and solid particles. In chemistry, this term is often used in experiment instructions. Though the word has applications in other areas (as wine connoisseurs will gladly tell you), in chemistry, decanting is the act of removing liquid from a container that contains both liquid and solid particles.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Pissant. A pissant, also seen as piss-ant has its origin the word pismire, a 14th-century term for ant. The term is also used as an insulting noun, and a pejorative adjective. The original pissant is any of a certain group of large ant species, commonly called wood ants, that make mounded nests in forests throughout most of Europe.