molecular

[ muh-lek-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of or relating to or caused by molecules:

   molecular structure.

molecular

/ mə-; məʊˌlɛkjʊˈlærɪtɪ; məʊˈlɛkjʊlə /

adjective

1. of or relating to molecules

   molecular hydrogen

2. logic (of a sentence, formula, etc) capable of analysis into atomic formulae of the appropriate kind

Derived Forms

• moˈlecularly, adverb
• molecularity, noun

Other Words From

• mo·lecu·lar·ly adverb
• multi·mo·lecu·lar adjective
• nonmo·lecu·lar adjective
• submo·lecu·lar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of molecular¹

First recorded in 1815–25; molecule + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

Discovery and research of new molecular compounds is an expensive business, with development costs exceeding $10 billion per substance in some cases.

From TechCrunch

Since last spring, some cities have used molecular tests on sewage as an early warning system, since the amount of coronavirus in sewage can predict how many people will turn up in hospitals a week to 10 days later.

From MIT Technology Review

To understand why, we need to look at the molecular structure of cheese.

From Popular-Science

So you get allocated to therapy based on the mutations, the molecular genetics of your cancer.

From Freakonomics

It is, after all, SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein, a multifunctional molecular machine, that helps the virus break into our cells.

From Nautilus

“Not everyone can do molecular tests, whereas anyone can do a finger stick,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

I was lunching with an old friend at one of our favorite farm-to-table molecular gastronomy food trucks in Larchmont proper.

From The Daily Beast

He plans to build his artificial brain from entirely the bottom up, starting at the molecular level.

From The Daily Beast

Cas9 are the molecular scissors that cut out what he does not like: the normal CCR5 that welcomes in HIV.

From The Daily Beast

As demonstrated in the end-credit sequence, Apocalypse is telekinetic and can use that power down to the molecular level.

From The Daily Beast

The molecular weight of alcohol in dilute aqueous solution is the same as in vapor form.

From Project Gutenberg

The weights themselves give us directly their gram-molecular or molar weights.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence the number of grams of a given substance in a liter divided by its molecular weight represents its concentration.

From Project Gutenberg

The school's X-ray, an excellent one, had given him a complete picture of the molecular structure of the syrup.

From Project Gutenberg

Knowing the names of the syrup's ingredients, and what their molecular structure was like, was only the beginning.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• atomic