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- Dictionarysilver/ˈsɪlvə/
noun
- 1. a precious shiny greyish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.
- 2. a shiny grey-white colour or appearance like that of silver: "the dark hair was now highlighted with silver"
adjective
- 1. made of or coloured like silver: "a silver necklace"
verb
- 1. coat or plate with silver: "he admitted silvering the coins"
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Medal Race
Country GSBTotal 
United States40 44 42 126 
China40 27 24 91 
Japan20 12 13 45 
Australia18 19 16 53 
France16 26 22 64 
Netherlands15 7 12 34 
Great Britain14 22 29 65 
Republic of Korea13 9 10 32 
Italy12 13 15 40 
Germany12 13 8 33 
New Zealand10 7 3 20 
Canada9 7 11 27 
Uzbekistan8 2 3 13 
Hungary6 7 6 19 
Spain5 4 9 18 
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SLIVER definition: 1. a very small, thin piece of something, usually broken off something larger: 2. a very small…. Learn more.
The meaning of SLIVER is a long slender piece cut or torn off : splinter. How to use sliver in a sentence.
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silver (Ag), chemical element, a white lustrous metal valued for its decorative beauty and electrical conductivity. Silver is located in Group 11 (Ib) and Period 5 of the periodic table, between copper (Period 4) and gold (Period 6), and its physical and chemical properties are intermediate between those two metals.
Together with gold and the platinum-group metals, silver is one of the so-called precious metals. Because of its comparative scarcity, brilliant white colour, malleability, ductility, and resistance to atmospheric oxidation, silver has long been used in the manufacture of coins, ornaments, and jewelry. Silver has the highest known electrical and thermal conductivity of all metals and is used in fabricating printed electrical circuits and as a vapour-deposited coating for electronic conductors; it is also alloyed with such elements as nickel or palladium for use in electrical contacts. Silver also finds use as a catalyst for its unique ability to convert ethylene to ethylene oxide, which is a precursor of many organic compounds. Silver is one of the noblest—that is, least chemically reactive—of the transition elements.
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Silver ornaments and decorations have been found in royal tombs dating back as far as 4000 bce. It is probable that both gold and silver were used as money by 800 bce in all countries between the Indus and the Nile.
Silver is widely distributed in nature, but the total amount is quite small when compared with other metals; the metal constitutes 0.05 part per million of Earth’s crust. Practically all sulfides of lead, copper, and zinc contain some silver. Silver-bearing ores may contain amounts of silver from a trace to several thousand troy ounces per avoirdupois ton, or about 10 percent.
Unlike gold, silver is present in many naturally occurring minerals. For silver the more important deposits commercially are such compounds as the minerals tetrahedrite and argentite (silver sulfide, Ag2S), which is usually associated with other sulfides such as those of lead and copper, as well as several other sulfides, some of which contain antimony as well. Silver is found generally in lead ores, copper ores, and cobalt arsenide ores and is also frequently associated with gold in nature. Most silver is derived as a by-product from ores that are mined and processed to obtain these other metals. Deposits of native (chemically free, or uncombined) silver are also commercially important.
For silver the preeminently important oxidation state in all of its ordinary chemistry is the state +1, although the states +2 and +3 are known.
Silver compounds include silver chloride (AgCl), silver bromide (AgBr), and silver iodide (AgI). Each of these salts is used in photography. Silver chloride serves as the light-sensitive material in photographic printing papers and, together with silver bromide, in certain films and plates. The iodide is also used in the manufacture of photographic papers and films, as well as in cloud seeding for artificial rainmaking and in some antiseptics. All three halides are derived from silver nitrate (AgNO3), which is the most important of the inorganic silver salts. Besides these other salts, silver nitrate is also the starting material for the production of the silver cyanide used in silver plating.
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SLIVER meaning: 1. a very small, thin piece of something, usually broken off something larger: 2. a very small…. Learn more.
noun. a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter. any small, narrow piece or portion: A sliver of sky was visible. a strand of loose, untwisted fibers produced in carding.
A very thin slice or bit of something is a sliver. A sliver of hope is better than a sliver of doubt, but having a sliver of wood in your foot is the worst. That’s called a splinter, and it hurts!
noun. 1. a thin, sharp piece that has been cut, split, or broken off; splinter. 2. a loose, thin, continuous fiber or strand, as of wool or flax after carding, ready to be drawn and twisted. verb transitive, verb intransitive.
