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
This phenomenon arises from the creation of an acceptor level capable of accommodating electrons in the absence of sufficient oxygen, thereby enabling the material to function as a p-type semiconductor.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 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
An accommodation party is one who has signed the note as maker, drawee, acceptor or indorser without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
