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orthophosphoric

orthophosphoric adjective: describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives.

Adjective

orthophosphoric (not comparable)

  1. Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives
    • Pyrophosphoric sulphobromide is a liquid of a clear yellow colour, and aromatic, pungent odour, resembling that of orthophosphoric sulphobromide, but still more disagreeable.1878, A. Michaelis, “On the Constitution of Phosphorus Compounds”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, volume 25, page 983
    • Beraneck's tuberculin consists of equal parts of the filtrate of a culture of tubercle bacilli and a 1 per cent. orthophosphoric extract of the residue.1916, Alexander Bryan Johnson, General topics, blood vessels, plastic operations, muscles, nerves, wounds, radium, page 216

Origin of orthophosphoric

From ortho- + phosphoric.

Words formed from orthophosphoric

Questions about orthophosphoric

What does orthophosphoric mean?
Orthophosphoric means describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives.
What part of speech is orthophosphoric?
Orthophosphoric is an adjective.

Words near orthophosphoric in the dictionary

  1. orthophorics
  2. orthophosphate
  3. orthophosphates
  4. orthophosphite
  5. orthophosphites
  6. orthophosphoric
  7. orthophosphoric acid
  8. orthophoto
  9. orthophotograph
  10. orthophotographic
  11. orthophotographically

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