meta-phosphate

met·a·phos·phate

[met-uh-fos-feyt]
noun Chemistry.
a salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid.

Origin:
1825–35; meta- + phosphate

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metaphosphate (ˌmɛtəˈfɒsfeɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
any salt of metaphosphoric acid

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Meta-phosphate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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