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A pale yellow liquid, H3PO2, used as a reducing agent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: phosphorous acid, orthophosphorous acid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oxyacid, oxygen acid
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
次磷酸
— a pale yellow liquid
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Finnish:
hypofosforihapoke
— a pale yellow liquid
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French:
acide hypophosphoreux
— a pale yellow liquid
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Hungarian:
hipofoszforossav
— a pale yellow liquid
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Icelandic:
fosfórundirsýrlingur
— a pale yellow liquid
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Italian:
acido ipofosforoso
— a pale yellow liquid
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Polish:
kwas fosfinowy
— a pale yellow liquid
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Romanian:
acid hipofosforos
— a pale yellow liquid
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Russian:
фосфорнова́тистая кислота́
(fosfornovátistaja kislotá)
— a pale yellow liquid
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Russian:
гипофо́сфористая кислота́
(gipofósforistaja kislotá)
— a pale yellow liquid
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Spanish:
ácido hipofosforoso
— a pale yellow liquid
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Swedish:
hypofosfinsyra
— a pale yellow liquid
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Swedish:
underfosforsyrlighet
— a pale yellow liquid