ഫോസ്ഫറസ്
phospharasu phōsphaṟasŭ /pʰoːspʰarasɨ̆/
Definition
Meaning and examples
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phosphorus
ഫോസ്ഫറസ് തീപ്പെട്ടിയിൽ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു. phōspharasu tīppeṭṭiyil upayōgikkunnu. “Phosphorus is used in matches.”
In plain English phosphorus means a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells.
Etymology
Borrowed from English phosphorus.