silver nitrate

sil·ver ni·trate

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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sil-ver noun nahy-treyt, -trit]
- /ˈsɪl vər noun ˈnaɪ treɪt, -trɪt/
- /ˈsɪlvə(r) ˈnaɪ.treɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sil-ver noun nahy-treyt, -trit]
- /ˈsɪl vər noun ˈnaɪ treɪt, -trɪt/

Definitions of silver nitrate words

noun silver nitrate a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO 3 , produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum. 1
noun silver nitrate a white crystalline soluble poisonous substance used in making photographic emulsions, other silver salts, and as a medical antiseptic and astringent. Formula: AgNO3 0
noun silver nitrate a colorless, crystalline salt, AgNO3, prepared by dissolving silver in dilute nitric acid and used in silver-plating and photography, as an antiseptic, etc. 0

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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