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phosphite

phosphite noun: any salt or ester of phosphorous acid.

Noun

phosphite (plural phosphites)

  1. any salt or ester of phosphorous acid
  2. the anion PO₃³⁻, or the trivalent radical PO₃

Forms of phosphite

pluralphosphites

Origin of phosphite

From phosphorous + -ite.

Words formed from phosphite

Phrases with phosphite

Questions about phosphite

What does phosphite mean?
Phosphite means any salt or ester of phosphorous acid.
What part of speech is phosphite?
Phosphite is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphite?
The plural of phosphite is phosphites.

Words near phosphite in the dictionary

  1. phosphinyls
  2. phosphirane
  3. phosphiranes
  4. phosphirene
  5. phosphirenes
  6. phosphite
  7. phosphite ester
  8. phosphites
  9. phosphitylated
  10. phosphitylation
  11. phosphitylations

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