"diphosphate" meaning in All languages combined

See diphosphate on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: diphosphates [plural]
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  1. (chemistry) any salt or ester containing two phosphate groups
    Sense id: en-diphosphate-en-noun-gnSxdqSh Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (chemistry) any salt or ester of diphosphoric acid; pyrophosphate
    Sense id: en-diphosphate-en-noun-ocUCtWEg Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with di- (two), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di- (two): 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 10 90 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: biphosphate Derived forms: adenosine diphosphate, cyclodiphosphate, dicalcium diphosphate, diphosphatase, fructosediphosphate, guanosine diphosphate, thiodiphosphate

Inflected forms

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