acceptor

Example Sentences

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Prosecutors meanwhile requested a six to seven-month sentence, saying Iswaran was "more than a passive acceptor of gifts".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

Luo explains that glycerol acts as a hydrogen donor and choline chloride acts as a hydrogen acceptor.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

"Continued study of respiratory electron acceptor usage may thus provide an important avenue for informing our understanding of the functional capacity and metabolic output of the gut microbiome."

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024

Respiration involves two molecules: an electron donor and an electron acceptor.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

This thoroughly clears the credit of the acceptor, and reflects grossly on the drawer.

From The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) by Defoe, Daniel