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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or containing phosphorus, especially with valence 5 or a valence higher than that of a comparable phosphorous compound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, obtained from, or resembling phosphorus; phosphorescent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the
phosphorous compounds. - adjective Phosphorescent.
- adjective (Chem.) Pure normal phosphoric acid.
- adjective (Chem.) a white crystalline substance, H3PO4, which is the most highly oxidized acid of phosphorus, and forms an important and extensive series of compounds, viz., the phosphates.
- adjective (Agric. Chem.) phosphoric acid combined in acid salts, or in neutral or basic salts, which are respectively soluble and insoluble in water or in plant juices.
- adjective (Agric. Chem.) phosphoric acid changed from acid (soluble) salts back to neutral or basic (insoluble) salts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Of or pertaining to
phosphorus . - adjective Resembling phosphorus.
- adjective chemistry Of a
compound , containing phosphorus in a higheroxidation number thanphosphorous compounds, especially with one of 5.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective containing or characteristic of phosphorus
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Examples
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~ Phosphorus forms two well-known oxides, -- the trioxide (P_ {2} O_ {3}) and the pentoxide (P_ {2} O_ {5}), sometimes called phosphoric anhydride.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The most common source of phosphorus, usually referred to as phosphoric acid, is acid phosphate.
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United with oxygen, phosphorus forms what is known as phosphoric acid; this, with lime, makes phosphate of lime, in which form it is found in the bones and teeth; it is found also in the brain and nerves, flesh and blood.
Public School Domestic Science Adelaide Hoodless 1884
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FDA now requires that commercial mixes contain specific levels of microbial inhibitors, usually acidifying agents such as phosphoric or citric acid.
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Salts of various kinds are produced from the recrements of animal and vegetable bodies, such as phosphoric, ammoniacal, marine salt, and others; these are washed from the earth by rains, and carried down our rivers into the sea; they seem all here to decompose each other except the marine salt, which has therefore from the beginning of the habitable world been perpetually accumulating.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Various acids such as phosphoric, lactic, acetic acids at proper concentration and pH can produce corrosion.
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Another typical soda ingredient, phosphoric acid, rots teeth.
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The Ginga Bobcat has a crew of 24, all Bangladeshi, and is carrying phosphoric acid from Europe to India, the Tokyo Marine spokesman said.
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