Talk:giant molecule

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giant molecule

(chemistry) any molecule that has very many atoms

I'm no chemist, but this seems NISoP. DCDuring TALK 23:56, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

• The phrase is in use to mean macromolecule, including several book titles, but I would agree SoP. SpinningSpark 09:26, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

  It seems like a useful definition of (deprecated template usage) macromolecule. DCDuring TALK 11:06, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Dunno really, let's ask SemperBlotto. Seems by its wording to be not SoP, as giant means "having many atoms". But, perhaps in reality the two are equivalent, that molecule size is purely down to number of atoms. Like I say, dunno. --Mglovesfun (talk) 11:16, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, it's a bit marginal, but there are plenty of hits on Google books. I would just change the definition to (deprecated template usage) macromolecule. SemperBlotto 11:26, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with this term, but if I understand the meaning correctly, I don't think it's SOP. Steroids and triglycerides have a lot of atoms, but they aren't giant molecules. Change the definition, as SB says. DAVilla 06:03, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

I neglected to mentioned that we are the only OneLook reference that has this. DCDuring TALK 00:54, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Kept and edited per this discussion; striking.​—msh210℠ (talk) 18:09, 2 October 2011 (UTC)