a salt or ester that contains three phosphate groups
triphosphate in American English
(traiˈfɑsfeit)
noun
Chemistry
a salt derived from triphosphoric acid
Word origin
[1820–30; tri- + phosphate]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogue, boomerang, karma, morphology, mythtri- is a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix tri- include: triathlon, triforium, triglyceride, triglyph, trilemma