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Kotomora

フォールディング

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Meanings

1

noun

folding; intramolecular self-assembly

Chemistry term for the process by which a molecule folds into a specific three-dimensional structure, especially in the context of proteins or synthetic self-assembling systems.

2

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

folding (knife, chair, etc.)

Used attributively with nouns like ナイフ (knife) or チェア (chair) to indicate a foldable design. Often appears in compound loanwords such as フォールディングナイフ.

See also: フォールディングナイフ