NOUN | substance | silver nitrate | a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions |
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Meaning | A nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent. | |
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Narrower | lunar caustic | silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic |
Broader | caustic | Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue |
nitrate | Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) | |
Substance of | emulsion, photographic emulsion | A light-sensitive coating on paper or film |
Spanish | nitrato de plata | |
Catalan | nitrat de plata |
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