'Molecule' definitions:
Definition of 'molecule'
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Definition of 'Molecule'
From: GCIDE
- Molecule \Mol"e*cule\, n. [Dim. fr. L. moles a mass: cf. F. mol['e]cule. See 3d Mole.]
- 1. One of the very small invisible particles of which all ordinary matter is supposed to consist. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physics) The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chem.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'molecule'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- acid,
- acidity,
- agent,
- air,
- alkali,
- alkalinity,
- alloisomer,
- anion,
- antacid,
- atom,
- atomic cluster,
- atomic particles,
- base,
- benzene ring,
- biochemical,
- bit,
- branched chain,
- brute matter,
- building block,
- cation,
- chain,
- chemical,
- chemical element,
- chromoisomer,
- closed chain,
- component,
- compound,
- compound radical,
- constituent,
- copolymer,
- cycle,
- dab,
- dimer,
- dole,
- dot,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- dwarf,
- earth,
- electron,
- element,
- elementary particle,
- elementary unit,
- farthing,
- fire,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- fragment,
- fundamental particle,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- granule,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- heavy chemicals,
- heterocycle,
- high polymer,
- homocycle,
- homopolymer,
- hydracid,
- hyle,
- hypostasis,
- inorganic chemical,
- ion,
- iota,
- isomer,
- jot,
- Kekule formula,
- lattice,
- little,
- little bit,
- lota,
- macromolecule,
- material,
- material world,
- materiality,
- matter,
- meson,
- metamer,
- minim,
- minimum,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- monad,
- monomer,
- mote,
- natural world,
- nature,
- neutralizer,
- nonacid,
- nuclear particle,
- nutshell,
- organic chemical,
- ounce,
- oxyacid,
- particle,
- pebble,
- physical world,
- pinch,
- pittance,
- plenum,
- point,
- polymer,
- proton,
- pseudoisomer,
- quark,
- radical,
- ray,
- reagent,
- ring,
- scruple,
- side chain,
- simple radical,
- smidgen,
- smitch,
- space-lattice,
- speck,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- straight chain,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substratum,
- sulfacid,
- the four elements,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- trifling amount,
- trimer,
- trivia,
- unit of being,
- water,
- whit