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■ noun Chemistry a salt or ester of phosphoric acid, typically containing the anion PO 4 3- or the group ‒OPO(OH) 2 .
Derivatives
phosphatic adjective
Origin
C18: from Fr., from phosphore 'phosphorus'.
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■ noun Chemistry a salt or ester of phosphoric acid, typically containing the anion PO 4 3- or the group ‒OPO(OH) 2 .
Derivatives
phosphatic adjective
Origin
C18: from Fr., from phosphore 'phosphorus'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004