hyposulphite

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó)

Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der.

English hypo-

English sulphite

English hyposulphite

From hypo- + sulphite.

Noun

hyposulphite (plural hyposulphites)

1. Alternative spelling of hyposulfite.
   • 1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696:

     The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.