hpo3

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hpo3 - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  metaphosphoric \met`a*phos*phor"ic\, 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
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     [1913 Webster +PJC]