Definition of Phosphoritic

1. a. Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite.

Definition of Phosphoritic

1. Adjective. (minerology) Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phosphoritic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Phosphoritic

1. Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphoritic

phosphoriferous
phosphorimager
phosphorimaging
phosphorimetry
phosphorine
phosphorines
phosphorise
phosphorised
phosphorises
phosphorising
phosphorism
phosphorist
phosphorists
phosphorite
phosphorites
phosphoritic (current term)
phosphorize
phosphorized
phosphorizes
phosphorizing
phosphorless
phosphoro-
phosphoroclastic cleavage
phosphoroclastic reaction
phosphorodiamidate
phosphorodiamidates
phosphorogenic
phosphorolyses
phosphorolysis
phosphorolytic

Literary usage of Phosphoritic

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

1. Proceedings of the International Conference on Plant Hardiness and by Daniel Hall (1912)
"Now, the first of my said improvements consists in decomposing, in manner following, the said bones, bone ash, bone dust, and other phosphoritic substances. ..."

2. The Mineral Industry (1897)
"... 0.05 parts of phosphorus per 50 parts of iron shall be used, and consequently it is toward the more phosphoritic ores that attention is being directed. ..."

3. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"... with apatite, in numerous pockets, stringers and stratiform bodies; (5) highly phosphoritic magnetic iron ore with minutely divided apatite. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania (1889)
"Hence by the utilization of phosphoritic ores, the centre of greatest production of iron and steel may adjust itself to the ..."

5. The Manufacture and Properties of Structural Steel by Harry Huse Campbell (1896)
"These figures may seem somewhat abstruse, but they explain the very important fact that there is much more oxidation to do with phosphoritic iron than with ..."

6. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1842)
"Generally, they may be described as consisting in decomposing the bones, bone-ash, bone-dust, and other phosphoritic substances, previous to using them for ..."

7. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1894)
"A final slag, from semi-phosphoritic stock : / 0.93 pounds Fe. ... A final slag, from phosphoritic stock. The percentage of iron is higher than necessary, ..."

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