Vocabulary : Metantimonic to Metaphosphoric

Metantimonic : Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (formerly called antimonic acid) analogous to metaphosphoric acid, and obtained as a white amorphous insoluble substance, (HSbO3). ;; Formerly, designating an acid, which is now properly called pyroantimonic acid, and analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
Metapectic : Pertaining to, or designating, a supposed acid obtained from pectin.
Metapectin : A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and occurring in overripe fruits.
Metapeptone : An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter.
Metaphor : The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

Metaphoric : Alt. of Metaphorical
Metaphorical : Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.
Metaphorist : One who makes metaphors.
Metaphosphate : A salt of metaphosphoric acid.
Metaphosphoric : 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.

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