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    REDUCTANT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silverplay

    Synonyms:

    reducer; reducing agent; reductant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("reductant" is a kind of...):

    chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reductant"):

    hydrazine (a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels)

    Derivation:

    reduce (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)

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