clathrate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clathrate /ˈklaθreɪt/
noun Chemistry a compound in which molecules of one component are physically trapped within the crystal structure of another.
– origin 1940s: from L. clathratus, from clathri ‘lattice-bars’.
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