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phosphorous, a.|ˈfɒsfərəs|
[f. L. phōsphorus phosphorus + -ous; in sense 2, ad. F. phosphoreux (Nomencl. Chimique 1787): see -ous c.]
1. = phosphorescent a.
1777Pennant Zool. (ed. 4) IV. 50 Their phosphorous quality is well known; nor was it overlooked by the antients. 1883C. F. Holder in Harper's Mag. Jan. 185/2 MM. Edoux and Soulezet collected some of the phosphorous substance.
2. Chem. Abounding in phosphorus; spec. applied to compounds into which phosphorus enters in its lower valency (trivalent), as opp. to phosphoric; esp. in phosphorous acid = trihydrogen phosphite, H3PO3 = P(OH)3, obtained from phosphorus, usually in the form of a thick uncrystallizable syrup, but also in crystalline form.
phosphorous anhydride = phosphorus trioxide, P2O3, a white non-crystalline powder, produced by the slow combustion of phosphorus in the air; phosphorous chloride = p. trichloride, PCl3, a colourless strongly fuming liquid.
1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 259 All urine contains some animal earth, or lime combined with phosphorous acid. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 440 The spontaneous combustion of phosphorus at the temperature of the atmosphere, forms, in the first instance, phosphorous acid, which contains less oxygen than the phosphoric; but as phosphorous acid acquires an additional quantity of oxygen from the atmosphere, it is speedily converted into the phosphoric. 1866Roscoe Elem. Chem. xv. 133 Phosphorous Anhydride..forms a white non-crystalline powder which combines with great energy with water, forming thereby phosphorous acid. |