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METAPHOSPHORIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metaphosphoric acid mean?
• METAPHOSPHORIC ACID (noun)
The noun METAPHOSPHORIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a glassy solid acid ([HPO3]n) often used as a dehydrating agent
Familiarity information: METAPHOSPHORIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A glassy solid acid ([HPO3]n) often used as a dehydrating agent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("metaphosphoric acid" is a kind of...):
polyphosphoric acid (a series of oxyacids of phosphorus)
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