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noun
Any salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid; an ordinary phosphate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a salt of phosphoric acid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: phosphate, inorganic phosphate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: salt
Narrower terms: calcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, sodium orthophosphate
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3erdh-der. Proto-Hellenic *orthwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English phosphate English orthophosphate From ortho- + phosphate.
