argentic

[ahr-jen-tik]

adjective Chemistry.

of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding argentous compound.

Origin of argentic

First recorded in 1865–70; argent- + -ic

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These solutions fail to give a precipitate with argentic nitrate.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
The argentic plate is always ready-at-hand, and the working of it is simplicity itself.
Photography in the Studio and in the Field
Edward M. Estabrooke

British Dictionary definitions for argentic

argentic

adjective

chem of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state

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