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Silver Nitrate

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Noun

1. silver nitrate

a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent

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Silver Nitrate

see synonyms of silver nitrate
noun
a white crystalline soluble poisonous substance used in making photographic emulsions, other silver salts, and as a medical antiseptic and astringent. Formula: AgNO3
See also lunar caustic

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Silver Nitrate

see synonyms of 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.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Silver Nitrate

see synonyms of silver nitrate
n.
A poisonous colorless crystalline compound, AgNO3, that becomes grayish black when exposed to light in the presence of organic matter and is used in manufacturing photographic film, silvering mirrors, dyeing hair, plating silver, and in medicine as a cautery and antiseptic.

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