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acceptor Definition

ac·cep·tor (ak septər, ək-)

noun

  1. one who accepts; specif., a person who signs a promise to pay a draft or bill of exchange
  2. Chem. an atom that receives a pair of electrons from another atom to form a covalent bond with it
  3. Electronics an impurity, as gallium or boron, added to a semiconductor crystal to make a p-type semiconductor

Etymology: L

acceptor Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: If any buried hydrogen bond donors do not have an acceptor, they are listed.
  • create: Apply the algebra of finite automata to design systems and to solve simple problems on creating acceptors for particular languages.

Adjective modifier

  • final: Oxygen is only involved at the very last stage of respiration as the final electron acceptor, but without the whole respiratory chain stops.
  • artificial: Methylene blue is an example of an artificial hydrogen acceptor, or redox indicator.
  • ultimate: Some microorganisms however obtain their ATP by anaerobic respiration using a chemiosmotic mechanism where oxygen is not the ultimate electron acceptor.
  • primary: Yz, the primary electron acceptor of the OEC, sits to the left, approximately 3.4 Angstroms away from the chloride.
  • other: For other acceptors, add element to the BONDED directive ( e.g.
  • soluble: In addition, the RC I provided electrons to soluble electron acceptors ( ferredoxin ) for use in organic synthesis.

Modifies a noun

  • atom: You have the option of sorting the information table on the basis of donor atom, acceptor atom, lifetime or leave unsorted.
  • mask: Firstly prolines do not have protonated backbone nitrogens: Proline residue and adjacent backbone and so must be excluded from the acceptor mask.
  • V: The selection of a well characterized acceptor V region also lessens the probability of falling foul of errors in the sequence data base.
  • region: The selection of a well characterized acceptor V region also lessens the probability of falling foul of errors in the sequence data base.
  • framework: In reality there are several other factors which should be considered, and which may influence the final selection of acceptor framework regions.
  • site: In order to substantiate these effects, we applied an acceptor splice site calculation program based on the maximum entropy model.

Noun used with modifier

  • splice: The transposon used contains splice acceptors in both orientations to disrupt the expression of genes in which it lands.
  • electron: All you need to remember is: A Lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor.
  • proton: A base is the opposite of an acid; it is a proton acceptor.
  • hydrogen: Methylene blue is an example of an artificial hydrogen acceptor, or redox indicator.
  • bond: Like water and the amide bond in peptides, the imidazole ring can act as both a hydrogen bond acceptor and donor.
  • pair: All you need to remember is: A Lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor.