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These mutations use a combination of steric hindrance, electrostatic contact remodeling, abrogating electrostatic interactions, and so on.—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 Evidence suggests that accumulation of ice on the Antarctic continent has been offsetting the steric effect for at least several centuries.—Fred Singer, WSJ, 15 May 2018
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International Scientific Vocabulary stere- + -ic entry 1
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