† phosphuren.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
= phosphuret n.
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1792 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 304 This compound..some of my chemical friends have called fulminating hepar of phosphorus... In the new system of chemistry it will be called phosphur of lime.
1801 Monthly Rev. 35 527 Bertrand Pelletier..made several experiments on metallic phosphures.
1844 Littell's Living Age 12 Oct. 638/1 A small quantity of the vapor of a liquid hydrogen phosphure, which is alone spontaneously inflammable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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