Oxygen acts as the final electron acceptor in the mitochondrial electron transport chain.
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Acceptor
//əkˈsɛptə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "acceptor"
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3 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قَابِل noun (one who accepts)
Catalan
1 entries- acceptant noun (one who accepts)
Czech
2 entries- akceptor noun (in chemistry)
- akceptor noun (in physics)
Finnish
1 entries- vastaanottaja noun (one who accepts)
French
4 entries- accepteur noun (one who accepts)
- accepteur noun (in law)
- acceptrice noun (one who accepts)
- acceptrice noun (in law)
Ido
1 entries- aceptanto noun (one who accepts)
Indonesian
2 entries- akseptor noun (one who accepts)
- penerima noun (one who accepts)
Latin
2 entries- acceptātor noun (one who accepts)
- acceptātrīx noun (one who accepts)
Norwegian
1 entries- comm akseptant noun (one who accepts)
Polish
3 entries- akceptant noun (in law)
- akceptor noun (in chemistry)
- akceptor noun (in physics)
Portuguese
2 entries- aceitador noun (one who accepts)
- aceitadora noun (one who accepts)
Russian
1 entries- акцепта́нт noun (one who accepts)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- àkceptor noun (one who accepts)
- а̀кцептор noun (one who accepts)
Spanish
2 entries- aceptador noun (one who accepts)
- aceptadora noun (one who accepts)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In redox reactions, the oxidizing agent is the electron acceptor and becomes reduced.
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The acceptor acknowledges that all terms and conditions have been read and understood.
Source: tatoeba (13611215)
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