Definition of Triphosphate

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any salt or ester containing three phosphate groups. ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of triphosphoric acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triphosphate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triphosphate

triphenylmethanes
triphenylmethanol
triphenylmethylium
triphenylphosphane
triphenylphosphate
triphenylphosphine
triphenylphosphines
triphenylstibine
triphibian
triphibious
triphone
triphones
triphosgene
triphosphatase
triphosphatases
triphosphate (current term)
triphosphates
triphosphirane
triphosphoinositide
triphosphoinositides
triphosphopyridine
triphosphopyridine nucleotide
triphosphopyridine nucleotides
triphosphoric acid
triphosphoric acids
triphosphorylated
triphoton
triphotons
triphthong
triphthongal

Literary usage of Triphosphate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"The triphosphate of oxide of lead, and oilier insoluble triphosphates, may be prepared in like manner. triphosphate of Soda and Basie Water. ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"The triphosphate of oxide of lead, and other insoluble ... triphosphate of Soda and Basic Water.—This salt is the most common of the phosphates, ..."

3. A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the Science, in the by John White Webster (1839)
"triphosphate of Soda, Oxide of Ammonium, and Basic Water, NaO. H'NO. ... It has been long known as microcosmic salt, and is much triphosphate of ..."

4. Handbook of Chemistry: Theoretical, Practical, and Technical by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Charles Loudon Bloxam (1854)
"PHOSPHATES OF LIME. § 109. Only the tribasic phosphates of this base have received any con ublo share of attention. triphosphate OF LIME (3CaO. ..."

5. Sugar: A Handbook for Planters and Refiners by Charles George Warnford Lock, Benjamin E. R. Newlands, John A. R. Newlands (1888)
"For some time after this process had been devised by Lagrange, it was found impossible to procure ammonium triphosphate at anything like reasonable prices, ..."

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