molecular : Idioms & Phrases


Molecular attraction

  • (Phys.), attraction acting between the molecules of bodies, and at insensible distances.
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molecular biologist

  • noun a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life
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molecular biology

  • noun the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role)
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molecular formula

  • noun a chemical formula based on analysis and molecular weight
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molecular genetics

  • noun the branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level
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Molecular weight

  • noun (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule
    molecular weight.
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  • (Chem.), the weight of a molecule of any gas or vapor as compared with the hydrogen atom as a standard; the sum of the atomic weights of the constituents of a molecule; thus, the molecular weight of water (H2O) is 18.
Webster 1913

relative molecular mass

  • noun (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule
    molecular weight.
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