Definitions for phosphate
ˈfɒs feɪtphos·phate

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1. phosphate, orthophosphate, inorganic phosphatenoun

   a salt of phosphoric acid

2. phosphatenoun

   carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

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1. phosphatenoun

   Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

2. phosphatenoun

   A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.

3. phosphateverb

   To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

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1. phosphate

   Phosphate is a chemical derivative of phosphoric acid. It contains a phosphorus atom bonded to four oxygen atoms, and carries a negative charge. It is commonly found in minerals, and is used in various biological functions such as DNA and RNA production, energy metabolism, and in the structure of cell membranes. In a broader context, phosphates can also refer to any salt or ester of phosphoric acid. They are also used in agriculture as a plant nutrient, in detergents and cleaning products, and in various industrial processes.

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1. Phosphatenoun

   a salt of phosphoric acid

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1. Phosphate

   A phosphate, an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry or ecology. Inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in agriculture and industry. At elevated temperatures in the solid state, phosphates can condense to form pyrophosphates.

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1. • Salt
   • Soft Drink

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of phosphate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of phosphate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of phosphate in a Sentence

1. Energy Minister Slim Feriani:

   Tunisia is no longer on the global phosphate production radar.

2. Jeff Wright:

   We've just found a way to make that a much faster process. Driving healthy calcium and phosphate minerals into your enamel, and through a natural process it will bind on and add to the enamel that's there.

3. Micheal Austin:

   It is also the first electric vehicle with an entirely environmentally stable and inert battery chemistry, there are no heavy metals or caustic materials used in the manufacturing of the BYD iron-phosphate battery.

4. David Catling:

   The extremely high phosphate levels in these lakes and ponds would have driven reactions that put phosphorus into the molecular building blocks of RNA, proteins and fats, all of which were needed to get life going.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=phosphate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Phosphate
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phosphate
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=phosphate
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=phosphate