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Phosphate   /fˈɑsfeɪt/   Listen
Phosphate

noun
1.
A salt of phosphoric acid.  Synonyms: inorganic phosphate, orthophosphate.
2.
Carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid.



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"Phosphate" Quotes from Famous Books



... small piece of the powdered bone-ash obtained from Experiment 3. Bubbles of carbon dioxid are given off, indicating the presence of a carbonate. Dilute the solution; add an excess of ammonia, and we find a white precipitate of the phosphate of ...
— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell

... on and is conserving the productive qualities of the hillside soil which was drained away by ruthless cutting of timber a quarter century ago. Today the farmer is taught to treat his farm and pasture land with lime and phosphate, a thing unheard of in the early days. And the greatest of all his blessings today, the mountain farmer will tell ...
— Blue Ridge Country • Jean Thomas

... of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia ...
— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... comitatus') from Heaven, be said 'resurgere'. Resurrection is always and exclusively resurrection in the body;—not indeed a rising of the 'corpus' [Greek: phantastikon], that is, the few ounces of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and phosphate of lime, the 'copula' of which that gave the form no longer exists,—and of which Paul exclaims;—'Thou fool! not this', &c.—but the 'corpus' [Greek: ...
— Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... give the baby something strengthening," she said; and she had visions of phosphate ...
— Tales of Two Countries • Alexander Kielland


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