Ag Definition

ăg
adjective

Of or relating to agriculture or agricultural studies.

Ag students.
American Heritage
Of or having to do with agriculture.
Ag production.
Webster's New World
abbreviation

Adjutant general.

American Heritage

Attorney general.

American Heritage
Antigen.
Webster's New World

See Attorney General.

Webster's New World Law

The ccTLD for Antigua and Barbuda as assigned by the IANA.

Wiktionary
noun

Agriculture.

Webster's New World

(chiefly in compounds) Agriculture.

He got his degree from the state ag college.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 47
  • silver
symbol
Silver.
Webster's New World
affix

Ad-

Webster's New World
interjection

(South Africa) Expressing annoyance, remorse, surprise etc.; oh, ah.

Wiktionary

Origin of Ag

  • From Afrikaans ag, from Dutch ach.

    From Wiktionary

  • From an abbreviation for agriculture.

    From Wiktionary

  • L argentum

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Ag Sentence Examples

  • The mean value obtained was 112.469 (Ag =107.93).

  • The metals may be arranged in a series according to their power of displacing one another in salt solutions, thus Cs, Rb, K, Na, Mg, Al, Mn, Zn, Cd, Tl, Fe, Co, Ni, Sn, Pb, (H), Sb, Bi, As, Cu, Hg, Ag, Pd, Pt, Au.

  • Here the ions are potassium and the group Ag(CN)2.1 Each potassium ion as it reaches the cathode precipitates silver by reacting with the solution in accordance with the chemical equation K--+KAg(CN) 2 =2KCN+Ag, while the anion Ag(CN) 2 dissolves an atom of silver from the anode, and re-forms the complex cyanide KAg(CN) 2 by combining with the 2KCN produced in the reaction described in the equation.

  • Since argentite (Ag 2 S) is isomorphous with galena, it is probable that the silver isomorphously replaces lead, but it is to be noted that native silver has been detected as an enclosure in galena.

  • It combines with ammonia to form the readily soluble 2NH 3 Ag 2 SO 4.

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