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Meaning of MOLECULAR

Pronunciation:  mow'lekyular

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules; "molecular structure"; "molecular oxygen"; "molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecul"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mo*lec"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. mol['e]culare. See
{Molecule}.] (Phys. & Chem.)
Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of,
molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms,
etc.
{Molecular attraction} (Phys.), attraction acting between the
   molecules of bodies, and at insensible distances.
{Molecular weight} (Chem.), the weight of a molecule of any
   gas or vapor as compared with the hydrogen atom as a
   standard; the sum of the atomic weights of the
   constituents of a molecule; thus, the molecular weight of
   water ({H2O}) is 18.
 
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 Related Terms: atomic, corpuscular, embryonic, evanescent, germinal, granular, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, indiscernible, infinitesimal, intangible, invisible, microcosmic, microscopic, subatomic, tenuous, thin, ultramicroscopic, unseeable
 

 

 

 

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