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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poisonous, hygroscopic, white, translucent crystalline compound, H3AsO4, occurring chiefly in its hemihydrate form, used to manufacture arsenates and glass, and in treating wood.
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- noun inorganic chemistry A
poisonous ,white crystalline compound , H3AsO4, formed from arsenic pentoxide andwater ; it has the samestructure asphosphoric acid , and is used in themanufacture ofarsenates .
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- noun an acid formed from arsenic pentoxide
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