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CLATHRATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another
Classified under:
Similar:
enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
Synonyms:
cancellate; cancellated; clathrate
Classified under:
Similar:
reticular; reticulate (resembling or forming a network)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
