reducer

[ ri-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that reduces.

  2. Photography.

    • an oxidizing solution for lessening the density of an exposed negative.

    • a developing agent.

  1. (in plumbing) a coupling decreasing in diameter at one end.: Compare increaser (def. 2).

Origin of reducer

1
First recorded in 1520–30; reduce + -er1

Other words from reducer

  • an·ti·re·duc·er, noun

Words Nearby reducer

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How to use reducer in a sentence

  • Very many, if not most, slides are all the better for just a touch of a "reducer" such as follows:—The ordinary "hypo."

  • To prepare this reducer, take one part varnish (the same varnish to be reduced), and two parts of turpentine.

British Dictionary definitions for reducer

reducer

/ (rɪˈdjuːsə) /


noun
  1. 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)

  2. a pipe fitting connecting two pipes of different diameters

  1. a person or thing that reduces

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