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trisodium phosphate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
trisodi-um phos-phate
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Na₃PO₄ : An inorganic compound composed of three sodium atoms attached to a phosphate group, of a phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms. An alkaline basic caustic granular white crystalline substance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Na₃PO₄ : An inorganic compound composed of three sodium atoms attached to a phosphate group, of a phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms. An alkaline basic caustic granular white crystalline substance.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

tri- + sodium + phosphate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

trisodium phosphates (plural)

Derived Forms

TSP

Synonyms

sodium phosphate sodium phosphate tribasic trisodium orthophosphate TSP tribasic sodium phosphate

Questions

What does trisodium phosphate mean?
Na₃PO₄ : An inorganic compound composed of three sodium atoms attached to a phosphate group, of a phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms. An alkaline basic caustic granular white crystalline substance.
Where does trisodium phosphate come from?
tri- + sodium + phosphate.

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