cat: reductor

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Meaning
means	(noun) 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 reducing agent, reductant, reducer
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means	(adjective) characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere reductive