clathrate in English

noun
1
a compound in which molecules of one component are physically trapped within the crystal structure of another.
This creates cage structures called clathrates , which release gas on the tongue as the ice melts, producing a fizzy sensation in the mouth.
adjective

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1. Such processes created fossil fuels, as well as clathrate and limestone.

2. The Clathrates serve as magical ballast, keeping the balance of the ley lines and such. In areas that draw large amounts of this power soon tap into the heart of the Clathrate, sometimes generating a Clathrate of their own.

3. A hydrate formed by SO2Cl2 at −20 °C is shown by its low temperature dielectric absorption to be a structure II clathrate hydrate.

4. Methane Clathrates refer to methane gas trapped within water ice, discovered deep underneath ocean sediments worldwide. Methane clathrate is sometimes also referred to as methane hydrate or methane ice