Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Retarder

Retarder , noun

1.
One who, or that which, retards.
2.
(Steam Boiler) Any of various devices, as a helix of flat metal strip, introduced into a boiler tube to increase the heating effect of the fire.
3.
(Photography) A substance, as potassium bromide, added to a developer to retard its action.