Etymology

aluminophosphate

Today it means: Any of a large number of inorganic compounds whose structure is a combination of aluminate and phosphate often in complex three-dimensional forms; many of them are used as molecular sieves. Full definition →

English phosphate ← French phosphate
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  1. Englishalumino-
  2. Frenchphosphate
  3. Englishphosphate
  4. English todayaluminophosphate

From alumino- + phosphate.

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