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Definition of Molecular

1. Adjective. Relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules. "Molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule"

2. Adjective. Relating to simple or elementary organization. "Proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception"

Definition of Molecular

1. a. Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.

Definition of Molecular

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) (of an element) combined with itself and with no other element; elemental ¹

3. Adjective. Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Molecular

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Molecular

1. Of, pertaining to or composed of molecules: a very small mass of matter. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molecular

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Literary usage of Molecular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Molecular conductance. See Conductance. Molecular constants of isomeric compds. ... Molecular constitution, pressure displacement of spectral lines and ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"UNTIL within the last few years our knowledge of the molecular condition of liquids was very limited. Such facts as the existence of allotropic ..."

3. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1907)
"DENSITIES AND Molecular WEIGHTS OF GASES Densities and Molecular Weights.—The determination of the relative densities of gases consists in determining the ..."

4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Molecular and sub-molecular attractions.—In addition to gravity there are at least three ... Apparently the forces of the molecular, atomic, and sub-atomic ..."

5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Molecular and sub-molecular attractions.—In addition to gravity, there are at least three additional classes of attractive agencies whose laws appear to ..."

6. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"Molecular Theory of Magnetism.—To account for the peculiar magnetic behavior of ... When the iron does not exhibit magnetic properties then the molecular ..."

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