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POLYPHOSPHORIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polyphosphoric acid mean?
• POLYPHOSPHORIC ACID (noun)
The noun POLYPHOSPHORIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a series of oxyacids of phosphorus
Familiarity information: POLYPHOSPHORIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A series of oxyacids of phosphorus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("polyphosphoric acid" is a kind of...):
oxyacid; oxygen acid (any acid that contains oxygen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyphosphoric acid"):
metaphosphoric acid (a glassy solid acid ([HPO3]n) often used as a dehydrating agent)
pyrophosphoric acid (a solid acid formed by reactions of orthophosphoric acid)
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