polyphosphoric

polyphosphoric

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English phosphor
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English phosphoric
English polyphosphoric

    From poly- + phosphoric.

    Adjective

    polyphosphoric (not comparable)

    1. (chemistry) Used to describe polymeric phosphoric acids and their derivatives.

    Derived terms

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