Definition of colligative in English:
colligative
adjective kəˈlɪɡətɪvˈkäləˌɡādiv
Chemistry Relating to the binding together of molecules.
the colligative properties of dilute solutions
Example sentencesExamples
- These studies distinguish the conformational and colligative properties of the individual bases in DNA and their inherent capacity to promote specific folding pathways.
- Although no measurements of osmotic coefficients of proteins in a muscle cell have been made to date to corroborate this assumption, a variety of other motional and colligative properties of muscle solutes have been investigated.
- Their antifreeze effect is due to their colligative (water-binding) properties and is thus directly related to their concentration.
- These are the colligative properties of a solution, and the property that road salt crews exploit is freezing-point depression.
- Any solute will affect the colligative properties of a solution.