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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Metaphosphoric  \Met`a*phos*phor"ic\,  a.  [Pref.  meta-  + 
  phosphoric.]  (Chem.) 
  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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