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reducer

[ ri-doo-ser, -dyoo- ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that reduces.
  2. Photography.
    1. an oxidizing solution for lessening the density of an exposed negative.
    2. a developing agent.
  3. (in plumbing) a coupling decreasing in diameter at one end. Compare increaser ( def 2 ).


reducer

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noun

  1. photog a chemical solution used to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the blackened silver to soluble silver compounds Compare intensifier
  2. a pipe fitting connecting two pipes of different diameters
  3. a person or thing that reduces
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of reducer1

First recorded in 1520–30; reduce + -er 1
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Participating in Veganuary also appears to shift people's identity from seeing themselves as a meat eater to more of a "meat reducer" or "meat excluder".

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The plant contains dozens of bioactive chemical compounds and is used throughout Southeast Asia and China as a painkiller, fever reducer, and diuretic.

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Acetaminophen is considered the safest over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer available during pregnancy.

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But it doesn’t have to be especially so if you — and the stressed-out loved ones in your orbit — have an arsenal of stress relievers, anxiety reducers and mood lifters at the ready.

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The only medication he took was an acid reducer for his heartburn.

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