Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyrophosphoric acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: py-rophos-pho-ric acid
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A syrupy liquid formed by the dehydration of phosphoric acid; its salts, the pyrophosphates, are used in medicine.

Uncountable

noun

The acid formed by removing a molecule of water from two molecules of phosphoric acid, H₄P₂O₇; this reaction slowly reverses in the presence of water.

Uncountable

Etymology

From pyro- + phosphoric acid.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does pyrophosphoric acid mean?: A syrupy liquid formed by the dehydration of phosphoric acid; its salts, the pyrophosphates, are used in medicine.
Where does pyrophosphoric acid come from?: From pyro- + phosphoric acid.

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