Definitions
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- n. A ternary compound of oxygen and fluorine.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A compound of an oxid and a fluoride: as, the oxyfluoride of lead.
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Examples
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_Phosphoric anhydride_, when heated to low redness, burns with a pale flame in fluorine, forming a gaseous mixture of fluorides and oxyfluoride of phosphorus.
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Calcium phosphate is attacked in the cold like lime, giving out a brilliant white light, and producing calcium fluoride and gaseous oxyfluoride of phosphorus, POF_ {3}.
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