Phosphoric
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Phosphoric is an adjective meaning (chemistry) Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5).
Meaning
(chemistry) Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5).
More Meanings
- (figurative or literary) Pertaining to a phosphor; phosphorescent.
Example Sentences
An old man to whom a few drops of phosphoric ether had been administered experienced repeated and imperious venereal wants.
I refer to the light in the tail of a glow-worm […] first, that it is phosphoric; secondly, that its use is to attract the male insect.
[T]he gulf beneath blended in the darkness, till but one atmosphere seemed both above and below, sometimes illumined by flashes of phosphoric light—meteors that might have suited sea or sky, and, broken by two or three ridges of foam, seen in obscurity, like lines of snow.
Synonyms for phosphoric
Depending on context, synonyms include phosphorous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phosphorous, phosphorus, phosphidic, phosphated, phosphatidic, sulphophosphorous.
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