REDUCER


Meaning of REDUCER in English

/ri dooh"seuhr, -dyooh"-/ , n.

1. a person or thing that reduces.

2. Photog.

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

b. a developing agent.

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

[ 1520-30; REDUCE + -ER 1 ]

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