clathrate compound
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Clathrate compound — Examples of host molecules. A clathrate, clathrate compound or cage compound is a chemical substance consisting of a lattice of one type of molecule trapping and containing a second type of molecule. The name clathrate complex used to refer only… … Wikipedia
clathrate compound — a type of inclusion complex in which molecules of one type are trapped within cavities of another substance, such as within a crystalline lattice structure or large molecule; called also occlusion c. and clathrate … Medical dictionary
clathrate compound — /klæθreɪt ˈkɒmpaʊnd/ (say klathrayt kompownd) noun an inclusion complex in which molecules of one substance are completely enclosed within the crystal lattice of the other, as argon within hydroquinone crystals …
clathrate — A type of inclusion compound in which small molecules are trapped in the cagelike lattice of macromolecules. [L. clathrare, pp. atus, to furnish with a lattice] * * * clath·rate klath .rāt adj relating to or being a compound formed by the… … Medical dictionary
Clathrate gun hypothesis — … Wikipedia
clathrate — 1. adjective ˈklæθɹeɪt a) having a lattice like structure b) of an inclusion complex in which molecules of one compound are enclosed within the crystal structure of another 2 … Wiktionary
Clathrate — Un clathrate, du grec klathron qui signifie fermeture, est un composé chimique constitué par un complexe d inclusion formé d une ou plusieurs « molécules hôtes » qui emprisonnent une autre molécule dans une sorte de cage moléculaire.… … Wikipédia en Français
clathrate — adjective Etymology: Latin clathratus, furnished with a lattice, from clathri (plural) lattice, from Greek klēithron bar, from kleiein to close more at clavicle Date: 1906 relating to or being a compound formed by the inclusion of molecules of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
clathrate — /klath rayt/, adj. 1. Biol. resembling a lattice; divided or marked like latticework. n. 2. Chem. a substance in which a molecule of one compound fills a cavity within the crystal lattice of another compound. Cf. adduct. [1615 25; < L… … Universalium
clathrate — clath•rate [[t]ˈklæθ reɪt[/t]] adj. 1) bio Biol. resembling a lattice; divided or marked like latticework 2) chem. a substance in which a molecule of one compound fills a cavity within the crystal lattice of another compound • Etymology: 1615–25; … From formal English to slang
