molecular

English

Etymology

molecule +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈlɛkjʊlə/
• IPA^(key): /məˈlɛkjələɹ/

Adjective

molecular (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
   • 2012 March-April, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 106:

     Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

2. (chemistry) (of an element) Combined with itself and with no other element; elemental.
3. Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization.
4. (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.

   molecular dishes

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bimolecular
• gram-molecular weight
• intermolecular
• intramolecular
• molecular biologist
• molecular biology

• molecular formula
• molecular genetics
• molecular knife
• molecular medicine
• molecular modeling
• molecular orbital

• molecular sieve
• molecular weight
• monomolecular
• orthomolecular
• supramolecular
• trimolecular

Translations

relating to molecules

• Arabic: جُزَيْئِيّ (juzayʔiyy)
• Armenian: մոլեկուլային (hy) (molekulayin)
• Catalan: molecular (ca)
• Czech: molekulární
• Esperanto: molekula
• Finnish: molekulaarinen (fi)
• French: moléculaire (fr)
• Galician: molecular (gl)
• Georgian: მოლეკულური (moleḳuluri)
• German: molekular (de)
• Hungarian: molekuláris (hu)
• Ido: molekulala (io)
• Irish: móilíneach
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• Italian: molecolare (it)
• Manx: co-vreneenagh
• Norman: molétchulaithe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: molekylær

  Nynorsk: molekylær

• Polish: cząsteczkowy
• Portuguese: molecular (pt)
• Romanian: molecular (ro)
• Russian: молекуля́рный (ru) (molekuljárnyj)
• Spanish: molecular (es)
• Tagalog: mulatlin
• Turkish: zerre (tr)

Noun

molecular (plural moleculars)

1. (chemistry) Any compound having a specified (range of) molecular weight(s)

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Catalan

Adjective

molecular m or f (masculine and feminine plural moleculars)

1. molecular

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Galician

Adjective

molecular m or f (plural moleculares)

1. molecular

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Interlingua

Adjective

molecular (not comparable)

1. molecular

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. (chemistry) molecular (relating to molecules)

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Spanish

Adjective

molecular m or f (masculine and feminine plural moleculares)

1. molecular

Derived terms

• reloj molecular
• molecularmente