molecular
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- /məˈlɛkjələr/
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- Advancements in molecular biology have led to significant breakthroughs in medicine.
- molecular biology
- molecular epidemiology
- molecular ecology
Well, DNA Steven Brenner, who's a famous molecular chemist says why?
- Well, DNA Steven Brenner, who's a famous molecular chemist says why?
- These are the atomic bonds and the molecular bonds that create solid objects.
- So today we are building molecular machines versus atomic machines.
- It, it uses a magnetic signal that simulates the same molecular signal of a few choice compounds.
- I could also tell you that it goes all the way down into the cellular and molecular state of your body.
- We're well along our sequence of molecular information transfer.
Examples
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A laser dismantles the molecular structure of the object, and molecules remain suspended in the laser beam.
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This was the first glimpse into the molecular world that underlies living things.
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So this is the molecular phase of water.
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And so it is the most accurate molecular measure of age.
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So we're actually feeling individual molecular heights with this thing.
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You describe cancer as a molecular signature disease.
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Why does the color change in an element based on molecular bonds?
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Today we are building molecular machines versus atomic machines.
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In addition, information encoded in DNA can be used for molecular computing machines and molecular memories.
Academic text (2011) -
His main area of expertise is the study of the molecular epidemiology of viruses causing gastroenteritis.
Academic text (2012)
Compounds
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A field that studies the small parts inside cells, like DNA and proteins, and how they work
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A scientist who studies molecules that make living things, like DNA, RNA, and proteins
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The exact number and kinds of atoms in one small part of a chemical compound
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A machine that removes gas from a closed space to make a very strong vacuum
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A protein or tiny machine that uses energy to move ions across a cell membrane
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The mass of all the atoms in one molecule compared with one twelfth of a carbon-12 atom
How Small
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Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word molecular comes from molecule and the older Latin molecula, which means 'small mass' or 'little lump'. So molecular is about 'tiny parts', which is why it describes very small particles like atoms and molecules in chemistry and biology.