ADP

abbr.
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