non-covalentlyadv.
/ˌnɒnkəʊˈveɪləntli/, /ˌnɒnkəʊˈveɪln̩tli/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkoʊˈveɪlən(t)li/ Chemistry and Biochemistry.
By means of a non-covalent bond.
ΚΠ
1960 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 46 1291 Procedures designed to remove noncovalently bound tritiated hormone.
1971 Nature 22 Oct. 561/2 Molecules of 5S RNA are non-covalently attached to the large ribosomal subunit.
1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) ii. 17/1 It is composed of two dissimilar subunits α and β, noncovalently linked.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adv.1960- to do something about
- to do something as one goes
- to do something as one goes along
- to do something for
- to do something for a laugh
- to do something for laughs
- to do something on one's head
- to do something standing on one's head
- to do something till one is blue in the face
- to do something to
- to do something until one is blue in the face
- to do spite or a spite
- to do stress
- to do succour
- to do suffrage
- to do supprise
- to do surety
- to do teen
- to do that etc thing
- to do that small thing
- to do that thing
- to do the agreeable
- to do the amiable
- to do the best of one's power
- to do the block