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phosphorous acid


phosphorous acid

noun

Definition of PHOSPHOROUS ACID

: a deliquescent crystalline acid H3PO3 used especially as a reducing agent and in making phosphites

First Known Use of PHOSPHOROUS ACID

1788

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