1 adenosine diphosphate.
2 automatic data processing.
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noun
1. an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
• Syn: ↑adenosine diphosphate
• Hypernyms: ↑nucleotide, ↑base
2. data processing by a computer
• Syn: ↑automatic data processing
• Hypernyms: ↑data processing
• Hyponyms: ↑electronic data processing, ↑EDP, ↑integrated data processing, ↑IDP
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\\|āˌdēˈpē\ abbreviation or noun (-s) adenosine diphosphate
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1. Also called adenosine diphosphate, adenosinediphosphoric acid. Biochem. an ester of adenosine and pyrophosphoric acid, C10H12N5O3H3P2O7, derived from ATP, and serving to transfer energy during glycolysis.
2. automatic data processing: the processing of data by computers or related devices, using techniques that reduce human intervention to a minimum. Cf. EDP, IDP.
[1940-45]
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abbrev
1. Adenosine diphosphate (biochemistry)
2. Automatic data processing (computing)
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ADP (no periods),
1. adenosine diphosphate.
2. automatic data processing.
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abbr.
■ Biochemistry adenosine diphosphate
■ automatic data processing
Useful english dictionary. 2012.