a. Chem. [f. L. argent-um silver + -IC.] Containing silver in chemical composition. Applied to compounds in which silver combines as a monad, as Argentic Chloride, Ag Cl, occurring native as horn-silver; Argentic Nitrate, Ag NO3, lunar caustic.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 300. The use of argentic iodide in photography.
