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hypophosphite

hypophosphite noun: any salt of hypophosphorous acid.

Noun

hypophosphite (plural hypophosphites)

  1. Any salt of hypophosphorous acid.
    • The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696

hypophosphite meaning in Tamil

hypophosphite in Tamil

உபபொசுபைற்று

Forms of hypophosphite

pluralhypophosphites

Origin of hypophosphite

From hypo- + phosphite.

Questions about hypophosphite

What does hypophosphite mean?
Hypophosphite means any salt of hypophosphorous acid.
What is hypophosphite in Tamil?
Hypophosphite in Tamil is உபபொசுபைற்று. See Hypophosphite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypophosphite?
Hypophosphite is a noun.
What is the plural of hypophosphite?
The plural of hypophosphite is hypophosphites.

Words near hypophosphite in the dictionary

  1. hypophosphatemia
  2. hypophosphatemias
  3. hypophosphatemic
  4. hypophosphates
  5. hypophosphaturia
  6. hypophosphite
  7. hypophosphites
  8. hypophosphoric
  9. hypophosphoric acid
  10. hypophosphorous
  11. hypophosphorous acid

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