molecular
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to molecules
molecular hydrogen
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logic (of a sentence, formula, etc) capable of analysis into atomic formulae of the appropriate kind
Other Word Forms
- molecularity noun
- molecularly adverb
- multimolecular adjective
- nonmolecular adjective
- submolecular adjective
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Guiding the motion of DNA robots in a constantly shifting molecular environment is a major challenge.
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"In a standard stacked 2D structure, the active sites for molecular adsorption are often hidden between layers, making it difficult for molecules, especially large biomolecules to reach them," Gogotsi said.
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"The intense heat and radiation split the molecular hydrogen that makes up vast, interstellar gas clouds, quenching its potential to accumulate and turn into new stars."
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Under low temperatures and high pressure, water can exist as two distinct liquid phases with different molecular bonding structures.
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"It turns out there's a very elegant molecular logic to how that happens."
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