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Definition of Phosphoric
1. Adjective. Containing or characteristic of phosphorus. "Phosphoric acid"
Partainyms: Phosphorus, Phosphorus
Derivative terms: Phosphorus, Phosphorus
Definition of Phosphoric
1. a. Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous compounds.
Definition of Phosphoric
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling phosphorus. ¹
3. Adjective. (chemistry) Of a compound, containing phosphorus in a higher oxidation number than phosphorous compounds, especially with one of 5. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phosphoric
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Phosphoric
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1. (Chem) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, from us; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous compounds.
2. Phosphorescent. "A phosphoric sea." Glacial phosphoric acid.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphoric
Literary usage of Phosphoric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"Incidentally, as the presence of iron in considerable amounts introduces errors
in the determination of phosphoric acid, the rapid methods for the detection ..."
2. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"In our experiments, sixty pounds of phosphoric acid are taken up from each manure;
there then remains in the soil, of the one hundred pounds soluble ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"Phosphoric acid has hitherto been obtained only in combination with water ...
This should always be done in vessels of platinum, since phosphoric acid acts ..."
4. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"Phosphoric acid, and by this name the ortho acid is always meant unless the prefix
... The third hydrogen of phosphoric acid is scarcely ionized at all, ..."
5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1846)
"In all the above rocks, however, not the least trace of phosphoric acid could be
detected ; consequently the above-mentioned observations of Mr. Fownes are ..."
6. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"Phosphoric Acid (Phosphates). OCCURRENCE. § 185. Absent in most pure waters, as
phosphoric acid is very eagerly retained by the soil. ..."
7. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1858)
"The phosphoric acid produced is partly deposited in the globe A, and partly carried
... The dry phosphoric acid is distinguished by the same shade of white, ..."
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