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fluorophosphate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flu-o-rophos-phate
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The anion PO₃F²⁻ formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate anion with a fluorine atom; any salt containing such an anion

noun

The functional group >PO₃F formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate group with a fluorine atom; any compound containing such a group

Etymology

From fluoro- + phosphate.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

fluorophosphates (plural)

Phrases

diisopropyl fluorophosphate

Questions

What does fluorophosphate mean?
The anion PO₃F²⁻ formed by replacing one hydroxyl of a phosphate anion with a fluorine atom; any salt containing such an anion
Where does fluorophosphate come from?
From fluoro- + phosphate.

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