pelkistin
Pelkistin is a Finnish noun formed from the verb pelkistää ("to simplify") with the agentive suffix -in. It can be understood broadly as "simplifier" or "reducer" and appears in different contexts with related but distinct senses.
In language, art and design, pelkistin refers to an element, technique or person that simplifies form, content
In chemistry and materials science, pelkistin denotes a reducing agent — a substance that donates electrons in
Related Finnish words include pelkistys (the act or result of simplifying) and pelkistää (to simplify). Depending