Dictionary entry

Thiosulphate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Thi′o‐sul″phate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of thiosulphuric acid; — formerly called hyposulphite.

☞ The sodium salt called in photography by the name sodium hyposulphite, being used as a solvent for the excess of unchanged silver chloride, bromide, and iodide on the sensitive plate.