adj. Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to or containing silver: applied to a compound which contains a larger proportion of silver than the corresponding argentic compound: as, argentous oxid, Ag4O; argentic oxid, Ag2O.
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adj. relating to compounds in which silver is univalent