"white phosphorus" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} white phosphorus (uncountable)
  1. (chemistry) The most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon. Wikipedia link: White phosphorus Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Phosphorus Synonyms: icy noctiluca, yellow phosphorus Translations (most common allotrope of phosphorus): ağ fosfor (Azerbaijani), 白磷 (báilín) (Chinese Mandarin), 黃磷 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄磷 (huánglín) (Chinese Mandarin), valkoinen fosfori (Finnish), бе́лый фо́сфор (bélyj fósfor) [masculine] (Russian), vit fosfor [common-gender] (Swedish), бі́лий фо́сфор (bílyj fósfor) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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