ALL meanings of silver nitrate
sil·ver ni·trate
S s - 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