polyphosphate
English
noun
Definitions
- (chemistry) any of a class of inorganic polymers containing linked phosphate groups; the low molecular weight polymers, such as sodium tripolyphosphate, are used in water softening and as food additives
Etymology
Prefix from English phosphate.
Origin
English
phosphate
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aluminophosphate English
- aryldialkylphosphatase English
- biphosphate English
- bisphosphate English
- chlorophosphate English
- cyclophosphate English
- decaphosphate English
- diphosphate English
- echothiophate English
- endopolyphosphatase English
- exopolyphosphate English
- fluorophosphate English
- galactosephosphate English
- glycerolphosphate English
- halophosphate English
- hexakisphosphate English
- hexaphosphate English
- hypophosphate English
- isopropylphosphate English
- metaphosphate English
- monophosphate English
- natrophosphate English
- nonphosphate English
- oligophosphate English
- organophosphate English
- orthophosphate English
- paraphosphate English
- pentakisphosphate English
- pentaphosphate English
- phosphagen English
- phosphatase English
- phosphate English
- phosphated English
- phosphatemia English
- phosphatian English
- phosphatic English
- phosphatide English
- phosphating English
- phosphatise English
- phosphatization English
- phosphatize English
- phosphaturia English
- polyphosphatase English
- radiophosphate English
- selenophosphate English
- superphosphate English
- tetrakisphosphate English
- tetraphosphate English
- thermophosphate English
- thiophosphate English
- triosephosphate English
- triphenylphosphate English
- triphosphate English
- tripolyphosphate English
- trisphosphate English
- phosphate French
- fosfato Esperanto
- phosphate
- phosphagen
- phosphatic
- phosphated
- phosphatize
- diphosphate
- phosphatian
- phosphatase
- phosphatide
- phosphatise
- biphosphate
- phosphating
- nonphosphate
- phosphaturia
- bisphosphate
- triphosphate
- phosphatemia
- decaphosphate
- monophosphate
- trisphosphate
- halophosphate
- hexaphosphate
- thiophosphate
- paraphosphate
- hypophosphate
- metaphosphate
- echothiophate
- radiophosphate
- natrophosphate
- oligophosphate
- pentaphosphate
- orthophosphate
- superphosphate
- tetraphosphate
- cyclophosphate
- organophosphate
- selenophosphate
- fluorophosphate
- polyphosphatase
- triosephosphate
- chlorophosphate
- phosphatization
- thermophosphate
- tripolyphosphate
- exopolyphosphate
- aluminophosphate
- hexakisphosphate
- pentakisphosphate
- tetrakisphosphate
- glycerolphosphate
- galactosephosphate
- isopropylphosphate
- triphenylphosphate
- endopolyphosphatase
- aryldialkylphosphatase