Meaning of MOLECULAR
Pronunciation: | | mow'lekyular
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| 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 |
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| 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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Thesaurus Terms |
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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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