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reducer

[ri-doo-ser, -dyoo-]
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noun

a person or thing that reduces.
Photography.
  1. an oxidizing solution for lessening the density of an exposed negative.
  2. a developing agent.
(in plumbing) a coupling decreasing in diameter at one end.Compare increaser(def 2).

Origin of reducer

First recorded in 1520–30; reduce + -er1
Related formsan·ti·re·duc·er, noun
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Examples from the Web for reducer

Historical Examples of reducer

  • Helen's next remark was in the natures of a reducer for the said expansion.

    The Portygee

    Joseph Crosby Lincoln

  • The alkali sets the reducer in action and is called the accelerator.

  • He is not to be dreaded by widows and orphans; he is a reducer of surplusage.

  • Or, is it king Nala the reducer of hostile towns that hath come here?

  • The destroyer of enemies,” “the reducer of the disobedient,” “the exterminator of rebels,” “he whose sword is good.

    Tradition

    John Francis Arundell

British Dictionary definitions for reducer

reducer

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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