phosphorous

[US]/'fɒsf(ə)rəs/
[UK]/'fɑsfərəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. related to or containing phosphorus

Phrases & Collocations

phosphorous compound

phosphorous element

phosphorous cycle

phosphorous fertilizer

phosphorous pollution

phosphorous acid

Example Sentences

Phosphorous acid, tris(methylphenyl) ester;Tritolyl phosphite;

and (b) reacting the phosphorous pentafluoride with the lithium chloride in a hydrogen fluoride to prepare the lithium hexafluoro phosphate.

Phosphorous acid, tris(decyl) ester;Trisdecyl phosphite;

Principle and operation technology of removing silicon,phosphorous and arsenic from sodium wolframate is presented.

Molecular orbitals of hydrogen cluster H_4 and homoatomic cluster P_4 of representative element phosphorous are qualitatively constructled by using fragment molecular orbital approach.

Phosphorous Pentoxide(P 2 O 5 ) ?P 2 O 5 is a kind of light white minicrystal powder which is made by burning phosphorus with excess oxygen.

At the same time of adding neutralizing agent the basic fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium can be added so as to obtain the invented azophoska.

Real-world Examples

Stapleton put phosphorous paint on the hound in the hut beside the house.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Overall, phosphorous isn't bad; it's actually an important mineral for human health.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

They use acid to bore holes into rocks and fish out nitrogen and phosphorous.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

Here is the bottle of phosphorous paint. Stapleton used it very cleverly on the hound.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

It's miraculously recycled all that dead material back into accessible nitrogen and phosphorous.

Source: The secrets of our planet.

The runoff, containing large amounts of nitrogen and phosphorous, is also a major contributor to water pollution.

Source: VOA Daily Standard March 2018 Collection

Fish pee is full of ammonia, a nitrogen containing compound, and phosphorous, both nutrients that plants crave.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

In the '60s and '70s, cathode ray tubes used phosphorous illuminated by electrons to display text and info.

Source: Cheddar Science Interpretation (Bilingual Selected)

The guy said it wasn't white phosphorous.

Source: The Newsroom Season 2

It's better ventilation for when we heat the phosphorous.

Source: American TV series POI: Person of Interest Season 1

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