phosphite

See also: Phosphite

English

Etymology

From phosphorous +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

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Noun

phosphite (plural phosphites)

1. (chemistry) any salt or ester of phosphorous acid
2. (chemistry) the anion PO₃^3-, or the trivalent radical PO₃

Derived terms

• chlorophosphite
• diphosphite
• hypophosphite
• orthophosphite
• phosphite ester

Translations

any salt or ester of phosphorous acid

Catalan: fosfit m Finnish: fosfiitti (fi) Irish: foisfít f Italian: fosfito (it) m Japanese: 亜燐酸塩 (ありんさんえん, arinsan'en) Maori: pākati tūtaewhetū Russian: фосфи́т (ru) m (fosfít) Spanish: fosfito m

French

Noun

phosphite m (plural phosphites)

1. phosphite

Further reading

• “phosphite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.