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trisilver

trisilver noun: three silver atoms in a compound.

Noun

trisilver (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) Three silver atoms in a compound.
    • This, however, reacts with methyl iodide just as the trisilver salt does. When dry trisilver cochinelate is heated with excess of methyl iodide at 100°, a mixture of the methyl ethers of trimethyl and dimethyl hydrogen cochinelate, OMe⋅C₆HMe(CO₂Me)₃ and OMe⋅C₆HMe(CO₂H)(CO₂Me)₂, is obtained; these...1900, “Mixed Esters of Cochinelic Acid”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, page 661

Origin of trisilver

From tri- + silver.

Questions about trisilver

What does trisilver mean?
Trisilver means three silver atoms in a compound.
What part of speech is trisilver?
Trisilver is a noun.

Words near trisilver in the dictionary

  1. trisilanes
  2. trisilicate
  3. trisilicates
  4. trisiloxane
  5. trisiloxanes
  6. trisilver
  7. trisinuate
  8. trisinuated
  9. triskaideca-
  10. triskaidecagon
  11. triskaidecagons

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