Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homberg's phosphorus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: homberg's phos-pho-rus
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium chloride.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"and Homberg found, that if it (muriate of lime) was urged by a violent heat till it condensed, on cooling, into a vitreous mass, it emitted a phosphoric light upon being struck by any hard body, in which state it was called Homberg's phosphorus"

Etymology

Named after its discoverer, the German chemist Wilhelm Homberg.

Usage

Questions

What does homberg's phosphorus mean?: A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium chloride.
Where does homberg's phosphorus come from?: Named after its discoverer, the German chemist Wilhelm Homberg.

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