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metaphosphoric acid
an acid, HPO 3 , derived from phosphorous pentoxide, and containing the smallest amount of water of the phosphoric acids. -
phosphate
Chemistry. (loosely) a salt or ester of phosphoric acid. a tertiary salt of orthophosphoric acid, as sodium phosphate. -
phosphorus pentoxide
a white, deliquescent, crystalline powder, P 2 O 5 , that, depending upon the amount of water it absorbs, forms orthophosphoric acid, metaphosphoric acid, or pyrophosphoric acid, produced by the burning of phosphorus in dry air: used in the preparation of phosphoric acids, as a drying and dehydrating agent, and in organic synthesis. -
thiophosphoric acid
an acid derived from phosphoric acid by substituting one or more sulfur atoms for oxygen atoms. -
cytidine monophosphate
a nucleotide constituent of ribonucleic acids; a phosphoric acid ester of cytidine. Abbreviation: CMP. -
deoxyribonucleotide
an ester of a deoxyribonucleoside and phosphoric acid; a constituent of DNA.