PHOSPHONIUM
Noun
phosphonium (plural phosphoniums)
(chemistry) the tetravalent positively-charged phosphorus cation R4P+
Source: Wiktionary
Phos*pho"ni*um, n. Etym: [Phosphorus + ammonium.] (Chem.)
Definition: The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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