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octaphosphorus

octaphosphorus noun: eight atoms of phosphorus in a compound.

Noun

octaphosphorus (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) eight atoms of phosphorus in a compound

Origin of octaphosphorus

From octa- + phosphorus.

Questions about octaphosphorus

What does octaphosphorus mean?
Octaphosphorus means eight atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
What part of speech is octaphosphorus?
Octaphosphorus is a noun.

Words near octaphosphorus in the dictionary

  1. octaoxygen
  2. octapalladium
  3. octapartite
  4. octapeptide
  5. octapeptides
  6. octaphosphorus
  7. octapine
  8. octapla
  9. octaples
  10. octaplex
  11. octaploid

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