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noun

acceptor

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

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Three example sentences with acceptor, each labelled with its topic.

  • Ammonia hands its spare pair to the acceptor, and the two molecules lock together far more tightly than expected.

    Science

  • In the final step of respiration, oxygen serves as the acceptor, taking what the chain passes down and forming water.

    Medicine

  • Sensor films rely on a boron trifluoride acceptor, which takes a lone pair from any amine drifting past and shifts color.

    Technology

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