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phosphorate

/ˈfɒsfəreɪt/

/ˈfɑsfəreɪt/

phosphoratenoun

phosphorates

/ˈfɒs.fə.reɪt/

/ˈfɑːs.fəˌreɪt/

Rare/archaic chemistry term for a phosphate (salt of phosphoric acid)

Definitions

A salt or ester of phosphoric acid; a phosphate (archaic).

In early chemical texts, calcium phosphate was called the phosphorate of lime.

phosphorateverb

phosphorated

Past Simple

phosphorated

Past Participle

phosphorating

Gerund

/ˈfɒsfəreɪt/

/ˈfɑsfəreɪt/

Translations

The enzyme can phosphorate the substrate to activate it.

Фермент может фосфорилировать субстрат, чтобы активировать его.

Definitions

To treat or combine with phosphorus or a phosphorus compound.

The chemist aimed to phosphorate the sample to study its new properties.

To convert (a substance) into a phosphate; to phosphorylate.

Certain enzymes can phosphorate glucose during metabolism.