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cross-link
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cross-link has 1 sense
- cross-link(n = noun.phenomenon) cross-linkage - a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule; Array is a kind of bond, chemical bond
Derived form verb cross-link1
Verb cross-link has 1 sense
- cross-link(v = verb.contact) Array - join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein); Array is one way to conjoin, join
Derived forms noun cross-link1, noun cross-linkage1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
cross-link, n.
a covalent bond that links two chains of atoms, or two sections of one chain, in a polymeric molecule; the cross-link is created by a third bond in a monomer unit in addition to the two bonds forming the polymeric chain; -- a cross-link may be internal to a single chain, rather than between two otherwise unlinked chains; as, ultraviolet irradiation creates cross-links between the two chains of a DNA double helix; many enzymes have cross-links formed by disulfide bonds; polystyrene resins have their porosity controlled by the proportion of cross-links. Called also cross-linkage . [WordNet 1.5]
cross-link, v. t.
to create cross links in; -- of polymeric molecules. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cross-link, n. (also cross-linkage) Chem. a bond between chains of atoms in a polymer etc.
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