n. The act of freeing from phosphorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + phosphoric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypophosphoric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypophosphoric acid (Chem.), an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. meta- + phosphoric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric acid. Compare the tribasic orthophosphoric acid. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Pref. para- + phosphoric. ] (Chem.) Pyrophosphoric. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. phosphorique. ] 1. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling, or containing, phosporus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a higher valence as contrasted with the phosphorous compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Phosphorescent. “A phosphoric sea.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glacial phosphoric acid. (Chem.) (a) Metaphosphoric acid in the form of glassy semitransparent masses or sticks. (b) Pure normal phosphoric acid. --
Phosphoric acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, H3PO4, which is the most highly oxidized acid of phosphorus, and forms an important and extensive series of compounds, viz., the phosphates. --
Soluble phosphoric acid,
Insoluble phosphoric acid (Agric. Chem.), phosphoric acid combined in acid salts, or in neutral or basic salts, which are respectively soluble and insoluble in water or in plant juices. --
Reverted phosphoric acid (Agric. Chem.), phosphoric acid changed from acid (soluble) salts back to neutral or basic (insoluble) salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Old Chem.) Phosphoric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A massive variety of apatite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To phosphorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, or impregnated with, phosphorus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pyro- + phosphoric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts. [ 1913 Webster ]