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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METOL

METOL Me "tol, n. [G.; trade name, fr. meta- + kresol cresol. ]

 

Defn: A whitish soluble powder used as a developer in photography. Chemically, it is the sulphate of methyl-p-amino-m-cresol.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Metol

Me tol |ˈmeˌtôl, -ˌtōl ˈmɛtɔl | noun trademark a soluble white compound used as a photographic developer. [A sulfate of 4-methylaminophenol (chem. formula: CH 3 NHC 6 H 4 OH ).] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from German, arbitrarily named by the inventor.

 

Oxford Dictionary

metol

metol |ˈmɛtɒl | noun [ mass noun ] a soluble white compound used as a photographic developer. A sulphate of 4-methylaminophenol (chem. formula: CH 3 NHC 6 H 4 OH ). ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from German, arbitrarily named by the inventor.