the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The radical PO. Thus phosphorus oxychlorid is sometimes called phosphoryl chlorid, POCl3.
Word Usage
"This would only require the phosphoryl oxygens of the bound ADP intermediate be capable of undergoing positional isotope exchange, depending on a symmetrical torsional motion before returning to"