過かリン酸さん石せっ灰かい

also: かりんさんせっかい

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Meanings

noun

superphosphate of lime; calcium superphosphate

A chemical fertilizer produced by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid; primarily a technical term in agriculture and chemistry.

過かリン酸さん石せっ灰かいはリン酸さん肥ひ料りょうの一いっ種しゅです。
Calcium superphosphate is a type of phosphate fertilizer.
この畑はたけには過かリン酸さん石せっ灰かいを施せ肥ひする必ひつ要ようがある。
This field needs to be fertilized with superphosphate of lime.

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Kanji

過overdo, exceed, go beyond
燐phosphorus
酸acid, bitterness, sour
石stone
灰ashes, puckery juice, cremate

Related words

リン酸さん
Phosphoric acid; the parent acid from which superphosphate is derived.
肥ひ料りょう
General term for fertilizer; 過リン酸石灰 is a specific chemical fertilizer.

Built from

過かリン酸さん+石せっ灰かい

Written forms

過かリン酸さん石せっ灰かい
Standard modern spelling with katakana リン for phosphorus.
過か燐りん酸さん石せっ灰かい
Uses the older 燐 kanji for phosphorus; the リン katakana spelling is more common in modern technical writing.
かりんさんせっかい

Etymology

Compound of 過 (ka, 'super-'), リン酸 (rinsan, 'phosphoric acid'), and 石灰 (sekkai, 'lime'). The term is a direct translation of the English 'superphosphate of lime'.