NOUN
- a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film
- a person who directs and restrains
How To Use restrainer In A Sentence
- Restrainers both slow the rate of development and prevent unwanted fog.
- Rats were restrained by putting them in cylindrical restrainers 5.5 cm in inner diameter and 20 cm in length, with small holes in the front end for ventilation.
- Ammonium chloride is an effective restrainer, but gives off a strong ammoniacal smell and may shift print color toward the red.
- In '99, players removed the speed restrainers from carts and tried to add a few thrills to their free time.
- It is time to identify the ineffective policies and real restrainers to the provision of affordable housing and stop the generalisation that the local landowner is always to blame.
- Most of my experiments were based on the usual rules: a developer needs, beside the ‘developing agent, ‘a preservative, an accelerator, and sometimes a restrainer.’
- Hurriedly, Brant threw off the hands of his restrainers and flew across the room to the door.
