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Coacervate — Co a*cer vate, a. [L. coacervatus, p. p. of coacervare to heap up; co + acervare. See {Acervate}.] Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Coacervate — Co a*cer vate, v. t. To heap up; to pile. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coacervate — coacervate. См. коацерват. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
coacervate — noun Etymology: Latin coacervatus, past participle of coacervare to heap up, from co + acervus heap Date: 1929 an aggregate of colloidal droplets held together by electrostatic attractive forces • coacervate adjective • coacervation … New Collegiate Dictionary
Coacervate — A coacervate is a tiny spherical droplet of assorted organic molecules (specifically, lipid molecules) which is held together by hydrophobic forces from a surrounding liquid. Coacervates were famously proposed by Alexander Oparin as crucial in… … Wikipedia
coacervate — co•ac•er•vate n. [[t]koʊˈæs ər vɪt, ˌveɪt, ˌkoʊ əˈsɜr vɪt[/t]] v. [[t] ˌveɪt, veɪt[/t]] n. v. 1) chem. a reversible aggregation of liquid particles in an emulsion 2) chem. to make or become a coacervate • Etymology: 1620–30; < L coacervātus,… … From formal English to slang
coacervate — adj. [L. coacervare, to heap up] Piled up; collected into a crowd; densely clustered … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
coacervate — Colloidal aggregation containing a mixture of organic compounds. One theory of the evolution of life is that the formation of coacervates in the primaeval soup was a step towards the development of cells … Dictionary of molecular biology
coacervate — noun /kəʊˈasəveɪt/ The microsphere droplet that result from coacervation … Wiktionary
coacervate — An aggregate of colloidal particles separated out of an emulsion (coacervation) by the addition of some third component (coacervating agent). [L. coacervare, pp. atus, to collect in a mass] * * * co·ac·er·vate kō as ər .vāt n an aggregate of… … Medical dictionary
