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Phosphorous Acid

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Noun

1. hypophosphorous acid, orthophosphorous acid, phosphorous acid

a clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phosphorous Acid

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noun
1. Also called: orthophosphorous acid
a white or yellowish hygroscopic crystalline dibasic acid. Formula: H3PO3
. Systematic name: phosphoric acid
2. 
any oxyacid of phosphorus containing less oxygen than the corresponding phosphoric acid

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Phosphorous Acid

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a white or yellowish, crystalline acid, H3PO3, that absorbs oxygen readily: used as a chemical reducing agent and as an analytical reagent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Phosphorous Acid

see synonyms of phosphorous acid
n.
A white or yellowish hygroscopic crystalline solid, H3PO3, used as a reducing agent and to produce phosphite salts.

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