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  Metol

  a brand name for a colorless, water-soluble salt, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 6 S, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
• metol
  metol

  noun

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

Metol

American  

[mee-tawl, -tol] / ˈmi tɔl, -tɒl /

Chemistry, Trademark.

1. a brand name for a colorless, water-soluble salt, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 6 S, used chiefly as a photographic developer.

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metol British  

/ ˈmiːtɒl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of metol

C20: from German, an arbitrary coinage

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metol

We needed not only the essential bulk chemicals, such as amidol, metol, para-amidophenol, and glycine, but also certain rarer substances, such as the photographic sensitisers, which were so essential for the Air Force.

From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor