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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

METAPHOSPHORIC

Met `a *phos *phor "ic, a. Etym: [Pref. meta- + phosphoric. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

metaphosphoric acid

met a phos phor ic ac id |ˌmetəˌfäsˈfôrik ˌmɛtəˌfɑsˌfɔrɪk ˈæsɪd | ▶noun Chemistry a glassy deliquescent solid obtained by heating orthophosphoric acid. [A polymer; chem. formula (HPO 3 ) n. ] DERIVATIVES met a phos phate |-ˈfäsˌfāt |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

metaphosphoric acid

meta |phos |phor ¦ic acid ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a glassy deliquescent solid obtained by heating orthophosphoric acid. ●A polymer; chem. formula (HPO 3 ) n.