HyperDic: silver_nitrate

English > 1 sense of the expression silver nitrate:
NOUNsubstancesilver nitratea nitrate used in making photographic emulsions
English > silver nitrate: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent.
Narrowerlunar causticsilver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic
BroadercausticAny chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
nitrateAny compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Substance ofemulsion, photographic emulsionA light-sensitive coating on paper or film
Spanishnitrato de plata
Catalannitrat de plata

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