clathrate

2 definitions found

clathrate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clathrate \Clath"rate\ (kl[a^]th"r[asl]t), a. [L. clathri
     lattice, Gr. klh,qra.]
     1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. --Gray.
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     2. (Zool.) Having the surface marked with raised lines
        resembling a lattice, as many shells.
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clathrate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clathrate
      adj 1: having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or
             windows [syn: cancellate, cancellated, clathrate]
      2: designating or relating to a compound in which one component
         is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of
         another