reducer

[ ri-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]

/ rɪˈdu sər, -ˈdyu- /

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noun

a person or thing that reduces.

Photography.

an oxidizing solution for lessening the density of an exposed negative.
a developing agent.

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

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of reducer

First recorded in 1520–30; reduce + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM reducer

an·ti·re·duc·er, noun

Words nearby reducer

reduced hematin, reduced hemoglobin, reduced level, reduced mass, reduced paid-up insurance, reducer, reducible, reducible hernia, reducing agent, reducing glass, reduct

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Most high and mighty Czar of all flesh, ceaseless reducer of empires, unfathomable glutton in the whole realms of nature.
Poems of The Third Period|Friedrich Schiller
Or, is it king Nala the reducer of hostile towns that hath come here?
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Succedaneum for Chrysarobin; very active reducer or "reactive."
Merck's 1899 Manual|Merck & Co.

Very many, if not most, slides are all the better for just a touch of a "reducer" such as follows:—The ordinary "hypo."
The Barnet Book of Photography|Various
To prepare this reducer, take one part varnish (the same varnish to be reduced), and two parts of turpentine.
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British Dictionary definitions for reducer

reducer

/ (rɪˈdjuːsə) /

noun

photog a chemical solution used to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the blackened silver to soluble silver compoundsCompare intensifier (def. 3)

a pipe fitting connecting two pipes of different diameters

a person or thing that reduces

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