Definition:
- (n.) The morning star; Phosphor.
- (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0.
- (n.) Hence, any substance which shines in the dark like phosphorus, as certain phosphorescent bodies.
Compare phosphorus with other words:
dephosphorization vs. phosphorus
phosphorus vs. sulphophosphoric
kerasin vs. phosphorus
organogen vs. phosphorus
phosphorus vs. triphylite
hopeite vs. phosphorus
herderite vs. phosphorus
eosphorite vs. phosphorus
ludlamite vs. phosphorus
phosphorated vs. phosphorus
phosphorus vs. uranium
mobile vs. phosphorus
petrol vs. phosphorus
incandescence vs. phosphorus
phospham vs. phosphorus
hypophosphate vs. phosphorus
phosphorus vs. wavellite
betaine vs. phosphorus
nonmetal vs. phosphorus
lucifer vs. phosphorus
phosphorus vs. phosphuret
phosphorus vs. phosphureted
phosphorize vs. phosphorus
phosphoric vs. phosphorus
phosphorescent vs. phosphorus
phosphine vs. phosphorus
phosphite vs. phosphorus
phosphide vs. phosphorus
phosphate vs. phosphorus
phosphorus vs. phosphoryl
phosphorite vs. phosphorus
phosphoreous vs. phosphorus
phosphoresce vs. phosphorus
phosphorate vs. phosphorus
phosphonium vs. phosphorus
phosphor vs. phosphorus
phosphorous vs. phosphorus
phosphorescence vs. phosphorus
allotropic vs. phosphorus
element vs. phosphorus
chemical vs. phosphorus