molecular
/məˈlɛk.jʊ.lə/US/məˈlɛk.jə.ləɹ/
molecular adjective: relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
Adjective
molecular (not comparable)
- Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
- 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...2012 March-April, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106
- (of an element) Combined with itself and with no other element; elemental.
- Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization.
- Relating to molecular gastronomy.
- molecular dishes
Noun
molecular (plural moleculars)
- Any compound having a specified (range of) molecular weight(s)
molecular meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
molecular in Hindi
- relating to molecules
- आणविक āṇvik
molecular in Tamil
- மூலக்கூற்று
molecular in Bengali
- আণবিক, আণব
molecular in Tagalog
- relating to molecules
- mulatlin
More languagesFewer languages
- molecular in Arabic
- جُزَيْئِيّ juzayʔiyy
- molecular in Malay
- molekul
- molecular in Indonesian
- molekuler
- molecular in Persian
- مولکولی molekuli
Examples of molecular in a sentence
- The molecular formula for ethane is C₂H₆, while the empirical formula is CH₃.
- Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases has improved as human understanding of molecular biology has advanced.
- The molecular phylogeny of Cibicides incldues a phialine lip near the aperature.
Forms of molecular
| plural | moleculars |
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Origin of molecular
From molecule + -ar.
Words formed from molecular
- bimolecular
- biomolecular
- clinicomolecular
- cytomolecular
- dimolecular
- equimolecular
- extramolecular
- gram-molecular weight
- heteromolecular
- histomolecular
- homomolecular
- immunomolecular
- intermolecular
- intramolecular
- macromolecular
- micromolecular
- molecular assembler
- molecular beam epitaxy
- molecular biologist
- molecular biology
- molecular clock
- molecular cloud
- molecular compound
- molecular core
- molecular dipole
- molecular drive
- molecular dynamics
- molecular engineering
- molecular entity
- molecular formula
- molecular genetics
- molecularity
- molecularization
- molecularize
- molecular knife
- molecularly
- molecular mass
- molecular mechanics
- molecular medicine
- molecular modeling
- molecular orbital
- molecular orbital theory
- molecular oxygen
- molecular pathology
- molecular sieve
- molecular volume
- molecular weight
- molecular-weight
- moletronics
- monomolecular
- morphomolecular
- multimolecular
- nanomolecular
- neuromolecular
- nonmolecular
- orthomolecular
- pathomolecular
- polymolecular
- premolecular
- pseudomolecular
Phrases with molecular
- molecular cores
- molecular clocks
- molecular clouds
- molecular knives
- molecular masses
- molecular sieves
- molecular dipoles
- molecular volumes
- molecular weights
- molecular entities
- molecular formulae
- molecular formulas
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Questions about molecular
- What does molecular mean?
- Molecular means relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
- What is molecular in Hindi?
- Molecular in Hindi is आणविक (āṇvik). See Molecular meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is molecular?
- Molecular can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce molecular?
- Molecular is pronounced /məˈlɛk.jʊ.lə/ (UK).
Words near molecular in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: molecular (page history and authors); molecular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); molecular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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