argentocyanide

noun

ar·​gen·​to·​cyanide

ärˌjentō +

: any of a series of complex salts (as sodium argentocyanide Na[Ag(CN)₂] formed in the cyanide process for silver) made by the union of silver cyanide with another cyanide

Word History

Etymology

argent- + cyanide

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