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phosphonous acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phos-pho-nous acid
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the acid HP(OH)₂, or any of its P-hydrocarbyl derivatives

Inflected Forms

phosphonous acids (plural)

Questions

What does phosphonous acid mean?
the acid HP(OH)₂, or any of its P-hydrocarbyl derivatives

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