NONPOLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonpolar mean? 

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

1. not ionic

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONPOLAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not ionic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

nonionic; nonpolar

Context example:

a nonionic substance

 Context examples 

Beside a steroidal platform, critical features implicated in the pharmacophore include a set of covalently linked polar and nonpolar domains and the spiroketals.

(Cephalostatin, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemically heterogeneous group of organic compounds found in food that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar solvents.

(Dietary Lipid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Lipids are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar solvents and play important roles in living organisms: these roles include functioning as energy storage molecules, serving as structural components of cell membranes, and constituting important signaling molecules.

(Lipid, NCI Thesaurus)