2. Adjective. consisting of a single layer of molecules ¹
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Definition of Monomolecular
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Monomolecular
1. Denoting a single molecule. Synonym: monomolecular. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monomolecular
Literary usage of Monomolecular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemist (1897)
"The molecular reduction of the freezing-point for mono- molecular substances in
monomolecular solvents is given by van 't Hoff's formula, ..."
2. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1921)
"The names employed are monomolecular, bimolecular, termolecular, etc. We shall
consider these in order. monomolecular Reactions.—We would expect, on general ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"This additive compound with decane differs, however, from all other analogous
compounds in that it consists, apparently, of the monomolecular ..."
4. A Text-book of Physical Chemistry, Theory and Practice by Arthur Woolsey Ewell (1909)
"The hydrolysis of an ester, the decomposition of benzol- diazonium chloride and
the inversion of cane-sugar behave as monomolecular reactions. ..."
5. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"It would be expected from the general theory of chemical reactions that enzyme
reactions should conform to the law expressing the rate of a monomolecular ..."
6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Previous workers who studied the inactivation of trypsin observed the reaction
was not monomolecular but became progressively slower than the rate predicted ..."
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