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Definition of "pyrophosphate" []

  • A salt or an ester of pyrophosphoric acid. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pyrophosphate" in a sentence
  • "In an example, 10 grams of ore gave 28.5 milligrams of magnesic pyrophosphate, which is equivalent to 0.18 per cent. of phosphoric oxide."
  • "Left off that image was a byproduct of this reaction: two linked phosphates (called a pyrophosphate), which are cleaved off as the sugar-phosphate-sugar bonding forms."
  • "He also found thiamine pyrophosphate to be a co-enzyme, which Severo"