Metaphosphoric

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]