Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
amboceptor . - noun One who or that which sensitizes; specifically, in photography, the chemical agent or bath by which films or substances are rendered sensitive to light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Photog.) An agent that sensitizes.
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- noun Any agent that
sensitizes something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sensitizer is a mixture of 90\% dark flake aluminium powder, 5\% Titanium and 5\% zirconium hydroxide.
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Among them: danger-poison, corrosive, severely irritating, highly flammable, highly combustible or strong sensitizer.
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It's the most natural insulin sensitizer there is.
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“This effect suggests smoking marijuana (at least in relatively low doses) may act as a primer, or sensitizer, in the airways to amplify the adverse effects of tobacco on respiratory health,” he says.
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“This effect suggests smoking marijuana at least in relatively low doses may act as a primer, or sensitizer, in the airways to amplify the adverse effects of tobacco on respiratory health,” he says.
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But Clorox says its products are safe and points to an analysis published by the U. K.'s Health and Safety Executive in 1997 that concluded there wasn't enough evidence to classify the chemical as a respiratory sensitizer.
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Formaldehyde is highly irritating, acts as a potent sensitizer, and is known to cause cancer in humans.
Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission only regulates and requires labeling for household cleaners based on these hazard categories: toxic, flammable, caustic, irritant, sensitizer, carcinogen, nerve or reproductive toxin.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission only regulates and requires labeling for household cleaners based on these hazard categories: toxic, flammable, caustic, irritant, sensitizer, carcinogen, nerve or reproductive toxin.
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Aspartame is a ELF electromagnetic wave sensitizer, and induces phasic brain and peripheral nerve entrainment to fire neurons to external pulsed magnetic field effects.
ASPARTAME IS NEUROTOXIC GENOTOXIC MOLECULAR FOOD & VACCINE PHARMACO-GENOCIDE 2008
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