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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A salt, ester, or anion of phosphorous acid.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salt of phosphorous acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A salt of phosphorous acid.

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  • noun chemistry any salt or ester of phosphorous acid
  • noun chemistry the anion PO33-, or the trivalent radical PO3

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Examples

  • Uncle Tom's Rose Tonic contains potassium phosphite and has good fungicidal properties, while SB Plant Invigorator is a foliar feed with fungicidal and pesticidal properties.

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  • Phosphate-containing sand was fused and turned into phosphite.

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  • Phosphate-containing sand was fused and turned into phosphite.

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  • Phosphate-containing sand was fused and turned into phosphite.

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  • This otherwise unknown natural phosphite explains the existence of phosphite-eating bacteria.

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  • This otherwise unknown natural phosphite explains the existence of phosphite-eating bacteria.

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  • During the Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

  • Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

  • CHMT - News announced that effective Feb. 1, 2011, or as contracts allow, it will raise the price of its Weston® liquid phosphite stabilizers by 15

    Chemtura to Increase Price of Weston® Liquid Phosphite Stabilizers - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • Glyphosate is mainly produced from two kinds of glycine and IDA; other raw materials include glycine, dimethyl phosphite, paraformaldehyde, iminodiacetic acetonitrile, diethanolamine, phosphorous acid, liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrochloric acid.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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