Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Noting an acid, H3PO4, produced by the interaction of phosphorus pentoxid or pentachlorid and water by boiling dilute nitric acid with phosphorus, or by treating the calcium phosphate of bone-earth with sulphuric acid. It may be obtained in the form of colorless crystals, but is generally seen as a syrupy liquid which contains some water. It has no smell, but a strongly sour taste. It is used in medicine. By progressive heating it is converted into pyrophosphoric and metaphosphoric acid. It is often referred to as common phosphoric acid.
Wiktionary
- adj. Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives
Examples
“Write the equations for the preparation of the three sodium salts of orthophosphoric acid.”
“This acid is formed when orthophosphoric acid is heated above 400°:”
“On heating orthophosphoric acid to about 225° pyrophosphoric acid is formed in accordance with the following equation:”
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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ortho-, orth-
straight; correct
orthopedic, orthodontic, orthodontist, orthodontia, orthorhombic, orthography, orthophosphoric, orthopedics, orthograph
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