Definitions for molecule

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molecule mol·e·cule

Spelling: [mol-uh-kyool]

IPA: /ˈmɒl əˌkyul/

Molecule is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in molecule (ceellmou).

Definitions for molecule

noun

1. Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.
2. Chemistry. a quantity of a substance, the weight of which, measured in any chosen unit, is numerically equal to the molecular weight; gram molecule.
3. any very small particle.

Origin of molecule

1785-95; earlier molecula New Latin, equivalent to Latin mōlē(s) mass + -cula -cule¹

Examples for molecule

Specifically, it targets a molecule called VEGF that sends signals that promote the growth of blood vessels.

This will be the sum of the weights of the nitrogen atoms in the molecule.

Of what nature will be that molecule supposed to possess life by itself?

The ions formed by the dissociation of any molecule are of two kinds.

A molecule of carbon dioxide traps heat, radiant heat, the long wave end of the spectrum.

We cannot be good to an atom of hydrogen, or unjust to a molecule of water.

A molecule is the smallest particle of a compound which can exist.

The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.

Each type of atom and molecule has its own unique spectrum, according to the rules of quantum mechanics.

And those examples are a molecule in the atom bomb of the Internet.