STOICHIOMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stoichiometry mean? 

• STOICHIOMETRY (noun)
  The noun STOICHIOMETRY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STOICHIOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOICHIOMETRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("stoichiometry" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Derivation:

stoichiometric (of or relating to stoichiometry)

 Context examples 

This agent binds to the catalytic domain of EGFR with a 1:1 stoichiometry and inactivates the EGFR tyrosine kinase activity through alkylation of a cystine residue (Cys-773) within the ATP-binding pocket, thereby inhibiting proliferation of EGFR-expressing tumor cells.

(PD-168393, NCI Thesaurus)