Definition of Phosgenes

1. phosgene [n] - See also: phosgene

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosgenes

phoronomics
phorophyte
phorophytes
phoropter
phoropters
phorusrhacid
phorusrhacids
phos
phos-
phosacetim
phosalone
phosducin
phosgenated
phosgene
phosgenes (current term)
phosgenite
phosmet
phosph-
phosphaadamantane
phosphacyclic
phosphagen
phosphagenic
phosphagens
phospham
phosphamic acid
phosphamidase
phosphamidon
phosphammite
phosphams

Literary usage of Phosgenes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Such impressions, termed phosgenes, usually appear as a luminous centre surrounded by coloured or dark rings. Sometimes they seem to be small bright ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"phosgenes.—Luminous impressions may also be produced by pressure on the eyeball. Such impressions, termed phosgenes, usually appear as a luminous centre ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Slowly, i of education, in which the sense of touch p*>v^<: * taut part, they gained the knowledge of tl* euro tions of objects. Again, phosgenes, whta ins ..."

4. The Physiology of the Senses by John Gray M'Kendrick, William Snodgrass (1907)
"The sensations thus excited by pressure are called phosgenes. The retinal light is caused by changes in the retina due to variations in the blood supply. ..."

5. The Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Schools, Academies, and Colleges by Edwin James Houston (1883)
"... PHa, thus forming primary, secondary, and tertiary phosgenes. These substances are spontaneously inflammable. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Again, phosgenes, when first produced, appear to be in the eye, but when conscious of them, by an effort of imagination, we may transport them into space, ..."

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