Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to an arrangement in space: applied especially to the arrangement of atoms in the molecule of a compound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry Relating to or involving the arrangement of atoms in space.
  • adjective of the repulsion of atoms due to closeness or arrangement

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[ster(eo)– + –ic.]

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Examples

  • These decisions are persistent over cloning using transcription factors and by modifying the way DNA is stored spatially (steric effects).

    DNA seen through the eyes of a coder « Isegoria 2008

  • First, from 2004 to the present, steric contributions to sea level rise appear to have been negligible.

    Anthropogenic Climate Change In Serious Doubt « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • Re short drop bars: sure, those of us who, due to steric hindrance, don't bend as far appreciate them, but that's not all they're for.

    BSNYC Product Review: Look 566 Road Bicycle BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • There is no reason why they need to be very close, and in fact there could be steric difficulties if they were.

    Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

  • As far as "self-organizing" goes, I can only assume BGT takes issue with concepts like kinetics and thermodynamics, as well as potential energy, VSEPR, Molecular Orbital Theory, and steric hindrance.

    Scientists' Responses Solicited James F. McGrath 2008

  • This result suggests that the…substitution may…relieve an inherent steric hindrance to intermolecular association….

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • This result suggests that the…substitution may…relieve an inherent steric hindrance to intermolecular association….

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • This result suggests that the…substitution may…relieve an inherent steric hindrance to intermolecular association….

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • This result suggests that the…substitution may…relieve an inherent steric hindrance to intermolecular association….

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • It would be really interesting to find a SNP that has an effect because it create steric problems for a codon pair.

    Public Rambling Pedro Beltrao 2007

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