UNPAIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpaired mean? 

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

1. of the remaining member of a pair

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPAIRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the remaining member of a pair

Synonyms:

odd; unmatched; unmated; unpaired

Context example:

an odd glove

Similar:

mismatched (either not matched or unsuitably matched)

 Context examples 

Their genetic complement consists of a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

(Germ cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Organic or inorganic chemicals that contain an oxygen atom with an unpaired electron.

(Oxygen radical, NCI Thesaurus)

A small, unpaired gland situated in the sella turcica tissue.

(Murine Pituitary Gland, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Free Radical Formation involves production in normal or pathological processes of chemically unstable, short half-life and highly reactive molecules carrying at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell.

(Free Radical Formation, NCI Thesaurus)

Molecules or atoms with at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell.

(Free radical, NCI Thesaurus)

An enzyme that contains an unpaired cysteine in the active site which acts as a nucleophilic thiol to catalyze the proteolytic processing of other proteins or polypeptides.

(Cysteine Proteinase, NCI Thesaurus)

A technique applicable to the wide variety of substances which exhibit paramagnetism because of the magnetic moments of unpaired electrons.

(Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Free Radical Suppression involves interference with, or restraint of, production in normal or pathological processes of chemically unstable, short half-life and highly reactive molecules carrying at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell.

(Free Radical Suppression, NCI Thesaurus)

Free Radical Scavenging involves interference with, or restraint of, production, by ready combination with, chemically unstable, short half-life and highly reactive molecules carrying at least one unpaired or 'free' electron in the outermost electron shell.

(Free Radical Scavenging, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydroxyl (OH) radical, a molecule made up of one hydrogen atom, one oxygen atom with a free (or unpaired) electron is one of the most reactive gases in the atmosphere and regularly breaks down other gases, effectively ending their lifetimes.

(Greenhouse Gas ‘Detergent’ Recycles Itself in Atmosphere, NASA)