POLYPHOSPHORIC ACID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A series of oxyacids of phosphorus

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polyphosphoric acid" is a kind of...):

oxyacid; oxygen acid (any acid that contains oxygen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyphosphoric acid"):

metaphosphoric acid (a glassy solid acid ([HPO3]n) often used as a dehydrating agent)

pyrophosphoric acid (a solid acid formed by reactions of orthophosphoric acid)

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