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sil′ver i′odide, [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrya pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
  • 1905–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
silver iodide n
  1. a yellow insoluble powder that darkens on exposure to light: used in photography and artificial rainmaking. Formula: AgI
'silver iodide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bromide paper - seed - dry plate - rainmaker - seeder - silver

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