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Definition of Chelate
1. Noun. A heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions.
2. Verb. Form a chelate, in chemistry.
3. Adjective. Relating to or characterized by chelation.
4. Adjective. Having or resembling chelae or claws.
Definition of Chelate
1. a. Same as Cheliferous.
Definition of Chelate
1. Adjective. (zoology) having chelae, or in the form of a chela ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) a chelate compound ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) (chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) (medicine) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chelate
1. to combine a metal ion with a compound [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Chelate
1. 1. To effect chelation. 2. Pertaining to chelation. 3. A complex formed through chelation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelate
Literary usage of Chelate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The titration curves for the chelate systems formed by Th(IV) with the ligands NTA
... This means that at low pH values the 1:2 chelate is not fully formed ..."
2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"... against the extremity of which the dactylos impinges and forms a perfectly
chelate organ ; dactylos longer than the process of the ..."
3. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1880)
"The chela?, however, often loosed the food too soon, but sometimes, on the other
hand, did not slacken their hold at all, the chelate legs trying in vain to ..."
4. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... also often chelate; eggs and sometimes the young carried on the pleopods:
about 6000 species, mostly marine; the crayfish, certain crabs, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"In the Cai-idea there are never more than two pairs of legs chelate, and the
posterior three pairs are invariably simple and, generally, ..."
6. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"Solifugae: head and thorax separate; thorax of three separate somites; abdomen
with nine somites; falces chelate; palpi limb-like, ..."
7. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"lu removing tins specimen to another tank it threw off both chelate claws ...
—The scars on the basal joints of chelate limbs and left antenna have become ..."
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