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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." Glacial phosphoric acid.
<chemistry> Phosphoric acid changed from acid (soluble) salts back to neutral or basic (insoluble) salts.
Origin: Cf. F. Phosphorique.
(01 Mar 1998)
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