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Definition of Argentous
1. Adjective. Relating to compounds in which silver is univalent.
Definition of Argentous
1. a. Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.
Definition of Argentous
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to(,) or containing silver. ¹
2. Adjective. (chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Argentous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Argentous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Argentous
Literary usage of Argentous
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)
"argentous Chloride, or ... by the long-continued action of hydrochloric acid on
argentous citrate, prepared by reducing the argentic salt with hydrogen. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"Hydrochloric acid and hydrobromic acid convert it into argentous chloride and
bromide respectively. By oxygen-acids and by ammonia it is resolved into ..."
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