📖 Definitions of "Phosphoric"
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
- 2
Resembling phosphorus.
- 3
Of a compound, containing phosphorus in a higher oxidation number than phosphorous compounds, especially with one of 5.
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| phosphorousnoun | (chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Phosphoric"
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| Word | Definition |
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| phosphorous | (chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus. |
| phosphorusnoun | (chemistry) A chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms. |
| phosphidic | (inorganic chemistry) Relating to, or containing phosphide |
| phosphated | Containing phosphates. |
| phosphatidicnoun | (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a phosphatide |
| sulphophosphorous | (chemistry, dated) Of, relating to, or designating a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, known in its salts. |
| phosphorized | Of a substance, having been combined or treated with phosphorous. |
| hypophosphorousnoun | (chemistry) Of or pertaining to hypophosphorous acid or its derivatives |
| polyphosphoric | (chemistry) Used to describe polymeric phosphoric acids and their derivatives. |
| phosphureted | (obsolete, chemistry) treated, or reacted with phosphorus. |
| orthophosphoric | (chemistry) Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives |
| phosphinicnoun | Of or pertaining to phosphinic acid or its derivatives |
| phosphurettednoun | Alternative spelling of phosphureted. [(obsolete, chemistry) treated, or reacted with phosphorus.] |
| sulphophosphoric | (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or designating a hypothetical thioacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known only in its salts. |
| phosphoanhydridic | (inorganic chemistry) Relating to phosphoanhydrides |
| phosphorylated | (chemistry) reacted or combined with phosphoric acid |
| phosphomolybdicnoun | Relating to phosphomolybdic acid or its derivatives. |
| paraphosphoric | (inorganic chemistry, obsolete) pyrophosphoric |
| sulfophosphoric | Alternative form of sulphophosphoric. [(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or designating a hypothetical thioacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known only in its salts.] |
| phosphonitrilicnoun | (inorganic chemistry) Relating to, or derived from a phosphonitrile |
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