Definition of "sensitiser" [sensitiser]

• Alternative spelling of sensitizer. (noun)

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• "Again, we may assume that the electron -- producing power of the special sensitiser or dye for the particular ray it absorbs is responsible, or responsible in part, for the special sensitiveness it confers upon the film."
• "The function of the sensitiser, according to this view, is to retard the recovery from strain."
• "It is probable that the sensitiser -- in this case the gelatin in which the bromide of silver is immersed -- plays a part in the conditions of stability which are involved."