STOICHIOMETRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stoichiometric mean? 

• STOICHIOMETRIC (adjective)
  The adjective STOICHIOMETRIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to stoichiometry

  Familiarity information: STOICHIOMETRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOICHIOMETRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to stoichiometry

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

stoichiometry ((chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers))

Derivation:

stoichiometry ((chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers))

 Context examples 

A type of substance that may be described as a stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric single molecular entity and is not a protein or nucleic acid substance.

(Chemical Substance Excluding Protein or Nucleic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

An injectable, aqueous colloid solution containing a non-stoichiometric magnetite core of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) coated with dextran administered as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast media.

(Ferumoxides Injectable Solution, NCI Thesaurus)