hyposulphite

British  

/ ˌhaɪpəˈsʌlfaɪt /

noun

1. Often shortened to: hypo.  another name for sodium thiosulphate, esp when used as a photographic fixer

2. another name for dithionite

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Example Sentences

This salt, commonly called sodium hyposulphite, or merely hypo, is made by boiling a solution of sodium sulphite with sulphur: Na2SO3 + S = Na2S2O3.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Afterwards half an ounce of hyposulphite of soda mixed with the feed may be given twice a day for a week.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Every reader of the Dreiser novels must cherish astounding specimens—of awkward, platitudinous marginalia, of whole scenes spoiled by bad writing, of phrases as brackish as so many lumps of sodium hyposulphite.

From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

It is as hard to get rid of from the copper as hyposulphite is from a negative.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

I allude to that of washing the collodion negative after developing, previously to fixing with the hyposulphite of soda; but, probably, the reasons I urge may have some weight.

From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George