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phosphine definition

phos·phine (fäs′fēn′, -fin)

noun

  1. hydrogen phosphide, PH, a colorless, poisonous, flammable gas with a garliclike odor
  2. a synthetic yellow dye

Etymology: phosph- + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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