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scientific homophones (english)
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Phosphenes
are visual artifacts, while
phosphines
are chemical compounds in which a phosphorus atom is bonded to three organic (or H) substituents and has a lone pair.
Humans
are people, while
humins
are organic compounds found in the soil.
Can anybody identify other pairs of homophones between a scientific jargon term and a "normal" word, or jargon from different fields?
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The classic example in chemistry is periodic acid.
We also wonder about stuff being unionised (rather than ionised).
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