Definition of Clathrate

1. Adjective. Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows.

Exact synonyms: Cancellate, Cancellated
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Similar to: Reticular, Reticulate

2. Adjective. Designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another.
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Similar to: Enclosed

Definition of Clathrate

1. a. Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.

Definition of Clathrate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Clathrate

1. A type of solid in which water molecules form cages that trap a gas, formed by very slowly warming a mixture of the gas and tiny grains of ice. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clathrate

clastics
clastic anatomy
clastic rock
clastogen
clastogenesis
clastogenic
clastothrix
clasts
clat
clatch
clatched
clatches
clatching
Clathraceae
clathrate (current term)
clathrate (current term)
clathrates
clathrate crystal
clathrin
clathrin adaptor proteins
Clathrus
Clatonia lanceolata
clats
clatted
clatter
clattered
clatterer
clatterers
clattering
clatteringly

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