silver nitrate

2 definitions found

silver nitrate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

silver nitrate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  silver nitrate
      n 1: a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used
           in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial
           agent