Hypo
['haɪpəʊ]
Definition
(noun.) a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing.
Typed by Elvin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Hypochondria.
(n.) Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture.
Editor: Spence
Examples
- After a bath in the hypo the plate is cleansed in clear running water and left to dry. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The fact that assumption plays a large part in our mental attitude toward practical affairs should make us wary of contesting the legitimacy of scientific hypo theses. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Will