Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthophosphoric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: or-thophos-pho-ric
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives

Example Sentences

"Pyrophosphoric sulphobromide is a liquid of a clear yellow colour, and aromatic, pungent odour, resembling that of orthophosphoric sulphobromide, but still more disagreeable."
"Beraneck's tuberculin consists of equal parts of the filtrate of a culture of tubercle bacilli and a 1 per cent. orthophosphoric extract of the residue."
"Alkaline phosphatase catalyses the cleavage of orthophosphoric monoester according to the following scheme […]"

Etymology

From ortho- + phosphoric.

Phrases

orthophosphoric acid

Frequently Paired Words

orthophosphate metaphosphoric

Questions

What does orthophosphoric mean?: Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives
Where does orthophosphoric come from?: From ortho- + phosphoric.

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