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trisilver en · NOUN

Etymology

From tri- + silver.

Meanings

  1. (especially, in-compounds, uncountable) 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 can be separated by means of aqueous sodium carbonate. 1900, “Mixed Esters of Cochinelic Acid”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, page 661: