"phosphonate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phosphonates [plural]
Etymology: From phosphonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|phosphonic acid|-ate|id2=chemical|t2=salt or ester}} phosphonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} phosphonate (plural phosphonates)
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity. Translations (chemistry: salt or ester of phosphonic acid): fosfonaatti (Finnish), fosfonian [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-phosphonate-en-noun-3IBL3vnF Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (chemical), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Phosphorus Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Phosphorus: 58 42 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Derived forms: acylphosphonate, allenylphosphonate, aminophosphonate, biphosphonate, bisphosphonate, dihexylphosphonate, diphosphonate, fluorophosphonate, glyphosate, organophosphonate, polyphosphonate, tetraphosphonate
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: phosphonates [present, singular, third-person], phosphonating [participle, present], phosphonated [participle, past], phosphonated [past]
Etymology: From phosphonic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|phosphonic acid|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} phosphonic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} phosphonate (third-person singular simple present phosphonates, present participle phosphonating, simple past and past participle phosphonated)
  1. (chemistry) To react with a phosphonic acid derivative.
    Sense id: en-phosphonate-en-verb-dGU2X5b4 Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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