reducer
a person or thing that reduces.
Photography.
an oxidizing solution for lessening the density of an exposed negative.
a developing agent.
(in plumbing) a coupling decreasing in diameter at one end.: Compare increaser (def. 2).
Origin of reducer
1Other words from reducer
- an·ti·re·duc·er, noun
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How to use reducer in a sentence
The greater blood flow can also lead to a large release of endorphins—hormones that act as a natural pain reducer throughout the body.
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What China’s Big Tech CEOs propose at the annual parliament meeting | Rita Liao | March 5, 2021 | TechCrunchMost high and mighty Czar of all flesh, ceaseless reducer of empires, unfathomable glutton in the whole realms of nature.
Poems of The Third Period | Friedrich SchillerOr, is it king Nala the reducer of hostile towns that hath come here?
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 | Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaSuccedaneum for Chrysarobin; very active reducer or "reactive."
Merck's 1899 Manual | Merck & Co.
Very many, if not most, slides are all the better for just a touch of a "reducer" such as follows:—The ordinary "hypo."
The Barnet Book of Photography | VariousTo prepare this reducer, take one part varnish (the same varnish to be reduced), and two parts of turpentine.
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British Dictionary definitions for reducer
/ (rɪˈdjuːsə) /
photog a chemical solution used to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the blackened silver to soluble silver compounds: Compare intensifier (def. 3)
a pipe fitting connecting two pipes of different diameters
a person or thing that reduces
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