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Noun: reducing agent
  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
    - reducer, reductant

Derived forms: reducing agents

Type of: chemical agent

Encyclopedia: Reducing agent