Etymology

metaphosphoric

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to metaphosphoric acid Full definition →

English phosphoric ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishphosphoric
  5. English todaymetaphosphoric

From meta- + phosphoric.

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