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Definition of Phosphorous

1. Adjective. Containing or characteristic of phosphorus. "Phosphoric acid"

Definition of Phosphorous

1. a. Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H₃PO₃.

Definition of Phosphorous

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus. ¹

2. Adjective. Resembling phosphorus. ¹

3. Adjective. (chemistry) Of relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phosphorous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Phosphorous

1. Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3. Origin: Cf. F. Phosphoreux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphorous

Literary usage of Phosphorous

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

1. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"phosphorous Acro, Formation. — By the slow combustion of phosphorus in the air phosphorus trioxide is formed which, as it is the anhydride of phosphorous ..."

2. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1858)
"It burns with a pale greenish flame, and the phosphorous acid produced is ... In contact with air, phosphorous acid is apt to inflame, from. the heat ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"As indicated above, one equation represents the formation of the acid chloride and phosphorous acid while the other gives the acid chloride, phosphorous ..."

4. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry (1831)
"phosphorous acid cannot, according to Sir H. Davy, he obtained pure by exposing ... The liquid obtained is a compound of pure phosphorous acid and water, ..."

5. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1883)
"ua phosphorous Acn>, Hs P Ov phosphorous oxide (Pa Os) is a white powder, which admits of sublimation, and burns when heated in the air. ..."

6. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"phosphorous acid is liquid, transparent, and of considerable density. ... To obtain phosphorous acid we merely expose phosphorus to the air: the phosphorus ..."

7. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"In this process phosphorous anhydride is firet produced ; this being deliquescent ... Bromine acts on crystallized phosphorous acid when the two are heated ..."

8. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"The stannous satt, Sn"PHO*, is prepared by precipitating stannous chloride with aqueous phosphorous acid, and thoroughly washing the precipitate with water. ..."

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