Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHOS'PHOR-OUS
PHOS-PHOR-IT'ICPHOS'PHOR-US, or PHOS'PHOR
PHOS'PHOR-OUS, a.
The phosphorous acid is formed by a combination of phosphorus with oxygen, in the proportion of two equivalents of phosphorus to three of oxygen.
Return to page 88 of the letter “P”.