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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.
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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A clathrate is taken orally and encloses the toxin in a 3 dimensional cage-like inclusion, completely attaching to and enveloping unwanted pollutants, thus neutralizing them as they're excreted from the body. 2] to the seafloor, where solid clathrates are stable at the ambient pressure and temperature conditions. For example, he proposes that a mixture of frozen carbon dioxide and water, known as a clathrate, might erupt from underground and immediately vaporize. |
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