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DEVELOPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("developer" is a kind of...):
photographic equipment (equipment used by a photographer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "developer"):
short-stop; short-stop bath; stop bath (an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer)
Derivation:
develop (make visible by means of chemical solutions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("developer" is a kind of...):
creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)
Derivation:
develop (change the use of and make available or usable)
