AG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ag mean? 

• AG (noun)
  The noun AG has 1 sense:

1. a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

  Familiarity information: AG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Ag; atomic number 47; silver

Hypernyms ("Ag" is a kind of...):

noble metal (any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation)

conductor (a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ag"):

coin silver (a silver of the degree of purity established for making legal silver coins)

Holonyms ("Ag" is a substance of...):

silver (coins made of silver)

argentite (a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S))

sterling silver (a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% copper)

 Context examples 

Fc epsilon RI-mediated signaling pathways in mast cells are initiated by the interaction of antigen (Ag) with IgE bound to the extracellular domain of the alpha chain of Fc epsilon RI.

(Fc Epsilon Receptor I Signaling Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The joint research team recently built a complex brain-like network by integrating numerous silver (Ag) nanowires coated with a polymer (PVP) insulating layer approximately 1 nanometer in thickness.

(Neuromorphic Metallic Nanowire Network Shows Human Brain-Like Functions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Some companies have already shown interest, including Petrobras, she told Agência Brasil.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

Loxoribine undergoes facilitated transport across the plasma membrane into the cytoplasmic compartment of the cell and acts intracellularly, bypassing the biochemical steps involved in the membrane signal transduction pathway used by Ag or anti-IgM Abs to activate B cells.

(Loxoribine, NCI Thesaurus)

ITAM (Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-based Activation Motif) or ARAM (Ag Recognition Activation Motif) (Y-X-X-L-(X)6-8-Y-X-X-L), a protein domain involved in STP, binds to SH2 domain, e.g. in CD247/x chain, FceRI g chain, or DAP12.

(ITAM, NCI Thesaurus)

CETEM researcher Marisa Bezerra Monte told Agência Brasil on Monday (Apr. 7) that they have produced a zeolite concentrate (a porous multimineral mix) and changed the surface properties of its particles to enable nutrient exchanges.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)