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chelate
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(context zoology English) having chelae, or in the form of a chela n. (context chemistry English) a chelate compound v 1 (context transitive chemistry English) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring 2 (context transitive medicine ...
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n. a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions [syn: chelate compound ] v. form a chelate, in chemistry
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"having pincer-like claws," 1826 as a term in zoology; 1920 in chemistry, from Modern Latin chela "claw" (from Greek khele "claw, talon, cloven hoof;" see chelicerae ) + -ate (2). Related: Chelated ; chelating ; chelation .
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
chelate \che"late\, n. (Chem.) a compound formed by combination of a metal ion in solution with a compound containing heteroatoms (such as oxygen or nitrogen), in which at least two heteroatoms are bound to the metal. The bonds may be covalent or non-covalent. ...
Usage examples of chelate.
Now, if you knew the ions were lead, for instance, you could flush out your plumbing simply by using a chelating agent like ethylenediamine tetraacetate.
From Mars to the Moon through the wormhole to the Saint Anthony to JPL to Chelated Noisemaker Extreme’s comm board.
Just in case the decision came down as a “yes,” Chelated Noisemaker Extreme was already at work rigging up the datatap probe, as per the plans sent from Mars along with the request.
He punched up the intercom, switched it over to the channel that worked, and called Chelated Noisemaker Extreme.
In addition to its presence in multi-vitamin and mineral tablets, it can also be bought in the form of chelated calcium, where amino acids have been used to help absorption into the blood stream.
Arkady had imagined that any meeting with Makhmud Khasbulatov would take place in the back of a car or in the corner of a dimly lit restaurant, but at the top of the stairs was a brightly illuminated carpeted foyer and a counter lined with a selection of organic shampoos, sunglasses and chelated vitamins.
By now, other chelates existed which had special affinities for iodine, cesium, strontium, calcium.
The murky suspension of Keylate that Americans swallowed contained not only the selective chelates, but coated particles of replacement elements which, like tiny timed-release caps, became available to the body only after chelates had removed newly-absorbed elements.
We've just finished more than four hours surgery on Satima, and we need that data to design a chelating sequence for her.
Yet the water was relatively pure … pure enough to allow the dolphins to swim freely, although some complained of itching, and each would need chelating treatments when he got back to the ship.
We’ve just finished more than four hours surgery on Satima, and we need that data to design a chelating sequence for her.
Please strip off contaminated clothing and come aboard at once, to begin chelating treatments in my command compartment.
I have already closed my command hatch by the time her own autodoc sends medication racing into her bloodstream, countering the effects of radiation exposure and chelating the isotopes already absorbed.
Great fog banks swept around the world, accelerating the process and chelating the heavier gas molecules as they moved, making them immune from attack by oxygen, ozone, or the activating effects of sunlight.