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定着剤 (ていちゃくざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

定てい着ちゃく剤ざい

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Meanings

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fixing agent; fixer

Technical term in photography for a chemical that stabilizes developed images by removing unexposed silver halides.

写しゃ真しんを現げん像ぞうした後あと、定てい着ちゃく剤ざいで処しょ理

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After developing the photo, we treat it with a fixing agent.

Kanji

定determine, fix, establish
着don, arrive, wear
剤dose, medicine, drug

Related words

現げん像ぞう液えき
現像液 is the developer that makes the latent image visible, while 定着剤 is the fixer that makes the image permanent.

Built from

定てい着ちゃく+剤ざい

Etymology

Compound of 定着 (fixing, adhering) and 剤 (agent, chemical). The term is a direct calque from English 'fixing agent' used in photography.