Metol

[ mee-tawl, -tol ]

Chemistry, Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a colorless, water-soluble salt, C14H20N2O6S, used chiefly as a photographic developer.

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metol

/ (ˈmiːtɒl) /


noun
  1. a colourless soluble organic substance used, in the form of its sulphate, as a photographic developer; p- methylaminophenol: See also aminophenol

Origin of metol

1
C20: from German, an arbitrary coinage

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