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Metaphosphate
Metaphosphate Met`a*phos"phate, n. (Chem.) A salt of metaphosphoric acid.
Metaphosphoric
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.

Meaning of Taphos from wikipedia

- monks. The brotherhood's symbol is the taphos, a monogram of the Gr**** letters tau (Τ) and phi (Φ), for the word taphos (τάφος, meaning "sepulchre, grave")...
- In Homeric Greece, the islands of Taphos /ˈteɪˌfɒs/ (Τάφος) lay in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania in northwestern Greece, home of seagoing and...
- founded the city Taphos on the island of the same name, and was its king. He also gave his name to the Taphians, a people that inhabited Taphos and nearby islands...
- engraving) (Attic ἀλειφω aleiphô smear, rub) ἄλευρον aleuron grave (Attic τάφος taphos )(leuros smooth, level, even )(Attic ἄλευρον wheat flour) ἄλουα aloua gardens...
- (epitáphios) 'a funeral oration'; from ἐπι- (epi-) 'at, over' and τάφος (táphos) 'tomb') is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking,...
- brothers who did not die at the hands of the sons of King Pterelaus of Taphos. When rancorous Alcmena arrived to Thebes, she declared that she would not...
- decomposition is generally referred to as taphonomy from the Gr**** word taphos, meaning tomb. Decomposition begins at the moment of death, caused by two...
- preserved in the paleontological record. The term taphonomy (from Gr**** táphos, τάφος 'burial' and nomos, νόμος 'law') was introduced to paleontology in...
- dwelling for a time on the mainland, the Teleboans settled on the island of Taphos which was po****ted by their kinsmen. From the island the two tribes led...
- tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Gr****: θολωτός τάφος, romanized: tholotós táphos, θολωτοί τάφοι tholotoi táphoi, "domed tomb(s)"), is a burial structure...