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phosphites

phosphites is the plural of phosphite.

Meaning of phosphite

Noun

phosphite (plural phosphites)

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

Questions about phosphites

What is phosphites the plural of?
Phosphites is the plural of phosphite.

Words near phosphites in the dictionary

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

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