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Farmer's reducer

Farmer's reducer noun: a mixture of sodium thiosulfate with the bleaching agent potassium ferricyanide, used to reduce the density of a negative or gelatin silver print.

Noun

Farmer's reducer (countable and uncountable, plural Farmer's reducers)

  1. A mixture of sodium thiosulfate with the bleaching agent potassium ferricyanide, used to reduce the density of a negative or gelatin silver print.

Forms of Farmer's reducer

pluralFarmer's reducers

Origin of Farmer's reducer

Named after Howard Farmer.

Questions about Farmer's reducer

What does Farmer's reducer mean?
Farmer's reducer means a mixture of sodium thiosulfate with the bleaching agent potassium ferricyanide, used to reduce the density of a negative or gelatin silver print.
What part of speech is Farmer's reducer?
Farmer's reducer is a noun.
What is the plural of Farmer's reducer?
The plural of Farmer's reducer is Farmer's reducers.

Words near Farmer's reducer in the dictionary

  1. farmer sausages
  2. farmer's daughter
  3. farmer's lung
  4. farmer's market
  5. farmer's markets
  6. Farmer's reducer
  7. farmer's sausage
  8. farmer's sausages
  9. farmer's tan
  10. farmer's tans
  11. farmer's walk

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