reducing agent

1. 1.

   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 silver

   Synonymsreducerreductant

   Broaderchemical agent

   Narrowerhydrazine

Questions about reducing agent

What does reducing agent mean?

reducing agent means "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 silver".

What is another word for reducing agent?

Close synonyms include reducer, reductant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reducing agent a common word?

reducing agent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.