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Definition of 'silver nitrate'

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

Definition of 'silver nitrate'

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  • Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. [1913 Webster]
  • Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic, and more commonly called {silver nitrate}. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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