phosphated, a. Min.
(ˈfɒsfeɪtɪd)
[f. phosphate n. + -ed1.]
Converted into a phosphate; combined with or containing phosphoric acid.
| 1802 Med. Jrnl. VIII. 551 Sulphat and sulphite... I should propose to render these terms into the adjectives sulphated and sulphitous: [so] phosphat and phosphite will form phosphated and phosphitous. 1858 in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1888 Nature 20 Dec. 192/1 On the phosphated deposits of Montay and Forest. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex., Phosphated,..applied in Mineralogy to a base that has become converted into a phosphate by combining with phosphoric acid. |