Australian English Meaning of phosphorus
phosphorus
Other Australian English words related to phosphorus
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of phosphorus
- phosphorous acid => Phosphorous acid
- phosphorous => phosphorus
- phosphoroscope => Phosphoroscope
- phosphorogenic => phosphorogenic
- phosphorized => phosphorised
- phosphorize => Phosphorize
- phosphoritic => phosphatic
- phosphorite => Phosphorite
- phosphorical => Phosphorescent
- phosphoric acid => Phosphoric acid
Definitions and Meaning of phosphorus in English
phosphorus (n)
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
phosphorus (n.)
The morning star; Phosphor.
A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0.
Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies.
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phosphorus
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is hig
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
phosphorous acid => Phosphorous acid, phosphorous => phosphorus, phosphoroscope => Phosphoroscope, phosphorogenic => phosphorogenic, phosphorized => phosphorised,
