Definition of "decolorizing" []

• Present participle of decolorize. (verb)

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• "Carbon pictures are therefore only permanent according to the degree in which the coloring matter employed is capable of resisting the decolorizing action of light."
• "Gram's method, the essential point in which latter is the treatment with a solution of iodine before decolorizing."
• "Excess of stain is afterwards removed from the tissues by the use of decolorizing agents, such as acids of varying strength and concentration, alcohol, &c."