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HYPOPHOSPHORIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypophosphoric acid mean?
• HYPOPHOSPHORIC ACID (noun)
The noun HYPOPHOSPHORIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a crystalline tetrabasic acid (H4P2O6)
Familiarity information: HYPOPHOSPHORIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crystalline tetrabasic acid (H4P2O6)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hypophosphoric acid" is a kind of...):
oxyacid; oxygen acid (any acid that contains oxygen)
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