molecular

[muh-lek-yuh-ler]

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adjective

of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.

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Origin of molecular

First recorded in 1815–25; molecule + -ar¹

Related formsmo·lec·u·lar·ly, adverbmul·ti·mo·lec·u·lar, adjectivenon·mo·lec·u·lar, adjectivesub·mo·lec·u·lar, adjective

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“Not everyone can do molecular tests, whereas anyone can do a finger stick,” he says.
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He plans to build his artificial brain from entirely the bottom up, starting at the molecular level.
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Cas9 are the molecular scissors that cut out what he does not like: the normal CCR5 that welcomes in HIV.
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As demonstrated in the end-credit sequence, Apocalypse is telekinetic and can use that power down to the molecular level.
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Food that you can eat day after day is real food, unlike the molecular hijinks to be found all around the world.
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Latent heat is therefore not dissipated, it is merely transformed and has taken on the form of molecular elasticity.
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Charley remembered something about a molecular lattice, but it didn't make any sense to him, and was only a puzzle.
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It may be considered as the equivalent of ulceration or molecular destruction in the soft parts.
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His theory is known as the “Hypothesis of Molecular Vortices.”
Aether and Gravitation|William George Hooper
He had less than twenty seconds to get outside before the molecular reaction set in.
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British Dictionary definitions for molecular

molecular

adjective

of or relating to moleculesmolecular hydrogen

logic (of a sentence, formula, etc) capable of analysis into atomic formulae of the appropriate kind

Derived Formsmolecularity (məʊˌlɛkjʊˈlærɪtɪ), nounmolecularly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for molecular

molecular

adj.

1823, from molecule + -ar or else from French moléculaire or Modern Latin molecularis. Molecular biology first attested 1950.

Medicine definitions for molecular

molecular

[mə-lĕk′yə-lər]

adj.

Of, relating to, or consisting of molecules.

molecular

adjective

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