Metol

[ mee-tawl, -tol ]

/ ˈmi tɔl, -tɒl /

Chemistry, Trademark.

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

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Example sentences from the Web for metol

The same remarks as to over and under-exposure apply as in the case of metol.
The Barnet Book of Photography|Various

British Dictionary definitions for metol

metol

/ (ˈmiːtɒl) /

noun

a colourless soluble organic substance used, in the form of its sulphate, as a photographic developer; p- methylaminophenolSee also aminophenol

Word Origin for metol

C20: from German, an arbitrary coinage

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