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phosphate
English
Etymology
From French phosphate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?sfe?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?sfe?t/
Noun
phosphate (plural phosphates)
- (chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
- (agriculture) Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds.
- Guano (containing high levels of phosphates and harvested for the fertiliser industry).
- (US, regional, dated) A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
phosphate (third-person singular simple present phosphates, present participle phosphating, simple past and past participle phosphated)
- To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid
Translations
French
Etymology
phosphore +? -ate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?s.fat/
Noun
phosphate m (plural phosphates)
- phosphate
Descendants
- ? English: phosphate
Further reading
- “phosphate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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alforsite
English
Etymology
John T. Alfors (1930-2005) of the California Geological Survey +? -ite.
Noun
alforsite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A hexagonal phosphate mineral of the apatite group, composed of barium, phosphorus, chlorine, and oxygen.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Alforsite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “alforsite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Anagrams
- foralites, forestial, raftilose
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