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clastic |
clastic rock |
clatch |
clathraceae |
clathrate
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| clatonia lanceolata
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| clatterer
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clathrate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective clathrate has 2 senses
- clathrate(s = adj.all) cancellate, cancellated - having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows; Array
- clathrate(s = adj.all) Array - designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
clathrate, a. [L. clathri lattice, Gr. klh,qra.].
- Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. Gray. [1913 Webster]
- Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clathrate, n. Chem. a solid in which one component is enclosed in the structure of another.
Etymology
L clathratus f. clathri lattice-bars f. Gk klethra
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