Clathrate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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