restrainer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that restrains.
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Photography. a chemical added to a developer to retard its action.
noun
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a person who restrains
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a chemical, such as potassium bromide, added to a photographic developer in order to reduce the amount of fog on a film and to retard the development
Etymology
Origin of restrainer
Example Sentences
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Indeed, the "guilt" that Freud never satisfactorily explained is one built-in restrainer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The decisive fifth came in 1962, when the ailing judicial restrainer, Felix Frankfurter, retired, to be succeeded by President Kennedy's gung-ho Labor Secretary, Arthur Goldberg.
From Time Magazine Archive
Philosopher, lawyer, teacher, former tackle for the Williams College "Ephmen" and compulsive thrasher in smooth waters, Bennett has clapped a restrainer on his formidable tongue until the confirmation hearings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bromide is called a restrainer, as it makes the development of the image proceed more slowly.
From Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 by Various
After war and hunger a third enemy of wretched humanity had to appear,--frost; and still people looked for it with desire because more surely than all negotiations was it a restrainer of war.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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