"phosphite" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-phosphite.wav Forms: phosphites [plural]
Etymology: From phosphorous + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|phosphorous|ite}} phosphorous + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} phosphite (plural phosphites)
  1. (chemistry) any salt or ester of phosphorous acid Translations (any salt or ester of phosphorous acid): fosfit [masculine] (Catalan), fosfiitti (Finnish), foisfít [feminine] (Irish), fosfito [masculine] (Italian), 亜燐酸塩 (arinsan'en) (alt: ありんさんえん) (Japanese), pākati tūtaewhetū (Maori), фосфи́т (fosfít) [masculine] (Russian), fosfito [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-phosphite-en-noun-vm3eq7LT Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ite, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Phosphorus Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Phosphorus: 100 0 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'any salt or ester of phosphorous acid': 93 7
  2. (chemistry) the anion PO₃³⁻, or the trivalent radical PO₃
    Sense id: en-phosphite-en-noun-HyBe6NmX Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chlorophosphite, diphosphite, hypophosphite, orthophosphite, phosphite ester

Inflected forms

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