clathrate adjective & noun. ['klaƟreɪt] M19.
[Latin clathratus pa. pple of clathrare, from clathri (pl.) lattice from Greek klēthra bars: see -ATE².]
A. adjective.
1. Resembling lattice-work; cancellate. rare. M19.

2. Chemistry. Of a compound: containing molecules of one substance physically enclosed within the structure of another. M20.
b. noun. Chemistry. A clathrate compound. M20.

■ cla'thration noun formation of a clathrate compound M20.

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