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clathrate
(redirected from Clathrate compound)

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clathrate /clath·rate/ (klath´rat)
1. having the shape of a lattice.
2. a clathrate compound, or pertaining or relating to a clathrate compound; see under compound.
clath·rate (klthrt)
adj.
1. Having a latticelike structure or appearance.
2. Of or relating to inclusion complexes in a chemical compound in which molecules of one substance are completely enclosed within the crystal structure of another.
n.
A clathrate compound, such as urea.
clathrate (kla·thrātˑ),
n a lattice at the molecular level. The phenomenon of having the molecules interwoven within the lattice of another component may explain the method of passing on the active aspects of the source material during potentization of a homeopathic remedy.
clathrate
1. having the shape or appearance of a lattice; pertaining to clathrate compounds.
2. clathrate compounds, inclusion complexes in which molecules of one type are trapped within cavities of the crystalline lattice of another substance.
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In a Special Paper entitled, "Clathrate Hydrates of Oxidants in the Ice Shell of Europa," Kevin Hand, Christopher Chyba, Robert Carlson, and John Cooper present the following hypothesis: that the formation of mixed clathrate compounds could make up 12% to 53% of the moon's ice shell and stably trap O2 and other gaseous oxidants within the ice.
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