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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phosphoric  \Phos*phor"ic\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  phosphorique.] 
  1.  (Chem.)  Of  or  pertaining  to  phosphorus;  resembling,  or 
  containing,  from  us  specifically,  designating  those 
  compounds  in  which  phosphorus  has  a  higher  valence  as 
  contrasted  with  the  phosphorous  compounds. 
 
  2.  Phosphorescent.  ``A  phosphoric  sea.''  --Byron. 
 
  {Glacial  phosphoric  acid}.  (Chem.) 
  a  Metaphosphoric  acid  in  the  form  of  glassy 
  semitransparent  masses  or  sticks. 
  b  Pure  normal  phosphoric  acid. 
 
  {Phosphoric  acid}  (Chem.),  a  white  crystalline  substance, 
  {H3PO4},  which  is  the  most  highly  oxidized  acid  of 
  phosphorus,  and  forms  an  important  and  extensive  series  of 
  compounds,  viz.,  the  phosphates. 
 
  {Soluble  phosphoric  acid},  {Insoluble  phosphoric  acid} 
  (Agric.  Chem.),  phosphoric  acid  combined  in  acid  salts,  or 
  in  neutral  or  basic  salts,  which  are  respectively  soluble 
  and  insoluble  in  water  or  in  plant  juices. 
 
  {Reverted  phosphoric  acid}  (Agric.  Chem.),  phosphoric  acid 
  changed  from  acid  (soluble)  salts  back  to  neutral  or  basic 
  (insoluble)  salts. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phosphoric 
  adj  :  containing  or  characteristic  of  phosphorus;  "phosphoric 
  acid"  [syn:  {phosphorous}] 




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