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clathrate

Adjective, Noun

clath=rate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

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]

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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