HyperDic: reducing_agent

English > 1 sense of the expression reducing agent:
NOUNsubstancereducing agent, reducer, reductanta substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized
English > reducing agent: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density / density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver.
Synonymsreducer, reductant
NarrowerhydrazineA colorless fuming corrosive liquid / liquid
Broaderchemical agentAn agent that produces chemical reactions
Spanishreductor
Catalanagent reductor, reductor

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