St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Vatican, seen through the Balustrade atop the Basilica. Photo by Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images News/Getty Images. Definition: A balustrade is a row of repeating balusters-small posts that support the upper rail of a railing.Staircases and porches often have balustrades. balustrade is a row of repeating balusters-small posts that support the upper rail of a railing.
dissociation, in chemistry, separation of a substance into atoms or ions. Thermal dissociation occurs at high temperatures. For example, hydrogen molecules (H. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright Â© 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
Dehydration Synthesis is the covalent joining of two compounds via the removal of one water molecule between them, an - H from one and an - OH: from the other. Protein, nucleic acid, and carbohydrate polymers as well as fats are all assembled (polymerized) via a series of dehydration synthesis reactions, which also can be described as condensation reactions or condensation polymerization.