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Definition of Argentic

1. Adjective. Relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent.

Definition of Argentic

1. a. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.

Definition of Argentic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to or containing silver. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Argentic

1. argent [adj] - See also: argent

Medical Definition of Argentic

1. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Argentic

Literary usage of Argentic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"When argentic chloride is ignited with the carbonates of the alkali- metals, ... argentic chloride dissolves in boiling concentrated sulphuric acid with ..."

2. Further Researches Concerning Atomic Weights and Potassium, Silver, Chlorine by Theodore William Richards, Arthur Stähler, George Shannon Forbes, Edward Meuller, Grinnell Jones (1907)
"THE PRECIPITATION AND WEIGHING OF argentic CHLORIDE. For purpose of analysis, the solution of potassio chloride was carefully and completely transferred to ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"By oxygen-acids and by ammonia it is resolved into argentic oxide and metallic silver. Silver.—This oxide, discovered by Wühler in 1839 (Ann. Ch. Pharm. xxx ..."

4. A Revision of the Atomic Weights of Sodium and Chlorine by Theodore William Richards, Roger Clark Wells (1905)
"Stas found that upon working with solutions of argentic nitrate weaker than ... Although realizing that argentic nitrate is occluded by the precipitate, ..."

5. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"A saturated solution of sodic chloride dissolves an appreciable quantity of argentic chloride, but the whole of the argentic chloride is precipitated when ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"3*943 ; is precipitated in dense white flocculi when hydrocyanic acid or potassic cyanide is added to a solution of argentic nitrate. ..."

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