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Hittorf's phosphorus

Hittorf's phosphorus noun: a purple crystalline allotrope of phosphorus.

Noun

Hittorf's phosphorus (uncountable)

  1. A purple crystalline allotrope of phosphorus.

Origin of Hittorf's phosphorus

Named after Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824-1914) who first produced it in 1865. (Reference: John Emsley, The Shocking History of Phosphorus, 2000, →ISBN, page 304.)

Questions about Hittorf's phosphorus

What does Hittorf's phosphorus mean?
Hittorf's phosphorus means a purple crystalline allotrope of phosphorus.
What part of speech is Hittorf's phosphorus?
Hittorf's phosphorus is a noun.

Words near Hittorf's phosphorus in the dictionary

  1. Hittologist
  2. Hittologists
  3. Hittology
  4. Hittorf tube
  5. Hittorf tubes
  6. Hittorf's phosphorus
  7. Hitts
  8. hitty-missy
  9. Hitumnog
  10. hitup
  11. hitups

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