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sulphophosphorous

sulphophosphorous adjective: of, relating to, or designating a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, known in its salts.

Adjective

sulphophosphorous (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Of, relating to, or designating a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, known in its salts.

Origin of sulphophosphorous

From sulpho- + phosphorous.

Questions about sulphophosphorous

What does sulphophosphorous mean?
Sulphophosphorous means of, relating to, or designating a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, known in its salts.
What part of speech is sulphophosphorous?
Sulphophosphorous is an adjective.

Words near sulphophosphorous in the dictionary

  1. sulphophosphate
  2. sulphophosphates
  3. sulphophosphite
  4. sulphophosphites
  5. sulphophosphoric
  6. sulphophosphorous
  7. sulphoquinovose
  8. sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
  9. sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerols
  10. sulphoraphane
  11. sulphorhodamine

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