acceptor

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Once the electron reaches the acceptor molecule, it sets off a new coherent vibration.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

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

From BBC • Oct. 2, 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

A general strategy to enhance the proton conductivity in such perovskites is to introduce an acceptor dopant; that is, a cation M3+ with a valence lower than that of B4+.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

The policy pursued by this bank thus far has been to purchase good acceptances whether or not the acceptor was a member bank....

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur