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triphosphate

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[trahy-fos-fayt] / traɪˈfɒs feɪt /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.


Etymology

Origin of triphosphate

First recorded in 1820–30; tri- + phosphate


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Mitochondria are frequently described as the powerhouses of cells because they convert energy from food into a usable form called ATP, or adenosine triphosphate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

This translated into rhythms of energy through rise and fall of production of adenosine triphosphate or ATP, the body's cellular source of energy.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023

The body stores and burns energy by perpetually making and breaking the phosphate bonds found in the cell’s little cash machines, its adenosine triphosphate molecules, better known as ATP.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

Radioactive deoxythymidine triphosphate is supplied to the protist Euglena.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In particular, he found that four triphosphate components and a small amount of the end product as a “template” had to be present for the enzymatic synthesis.

From History of Phosphorus by Eduard Farber

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