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Definition: metaphosphoric
metaphosphoric
\met`a*phos*phor"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- +
phosphoric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid,
HPO3,
analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid,
obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called
glacial phosphoric acid
. Compare the tribasic
orthophosphoric acid
.
[1913 Webster +PJC]