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▸ noun: (chemistry) The most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon.
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▸ noun: (chemistry) The most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon.
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yellow phosphorus,
black phosphorus,
phosphor,
phosphorus paste,
phosphorus match,
phosphorus,
violet phosphorus,
phosphore,
Homberg's phosphorus,
pyrophorus,
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