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polyphosphate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: polyphos-phate
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noun

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

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English phosphate English polyphosphate From poly- + phosphate.

Inflected Forms

polyphosphates (plural)

Derived Forms

exopolyphosphate polyphosphatase tripolyphosphate

Phrases

ammonium polyphosphate calcium polyphosphate calcium sodium polyphosphate diadenosine polyphosphate inositol polyphosphate magnesium polyphosphate sodium tripolyphosphate

Questions

What does polyphosphate mean?: 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
Where does polyphosphate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English phosphate English polyphosphate From poly- + phosphate.

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