Phosphoro-
1.
a combining form representing phosphorus, in compound words:
phosphoroscope.
phosphoro- or phosphor-
pref.
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- Phosphoroscope
[fos-fawr-uh-skohp, -for-] /fɒsˈfɔr əˌskoʊp, -ˈfɒr-/ noun 1. an instrument for measuring the duration of evanescent phosphorescence in different substances. /fɒsˈfɒrəˌskəʊp/ noun 1. an instrument for measuring the duration of phosphorescence after the source of radiation causing it has been removed
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[fos-fer-uh s, fos-fawr-uh s, -fohr-] /ˈfɒs fər əs, fɒsˈfɔr əs, -ˈfoʊr-/ adjective, Chemistry. 1. containing trivalent . /ˈfɒsfərəs/ adjective 1. of or containing phosphorus in the trivalent state adj. 1777, “phosphorescent,” from phosphorus + -ous. The chemical sense (1794) is immediately from French phosphoreux. phosphorous phos·pho·rous (fŏs’fər-əs, fŏs-fôr’əs) adj. Of, relating to, or containing phosphorus, […]
- Phosphorous-acid
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- Phosphorus
[fos-fer-uh s] /ˈfɒs fər əs/ noun, plural phosphori [fos-fuh-rahy] /ˈfɒs fəˌraɪ/ (Show IPA) 1. Chemistry. a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and another that is black, insoluble in most solvents, […]