molecularly
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- adverb
- /məˈlɛkjələrli/
- Specialized
- Developing molecularly specific sensing (molecular photonics), imaging, and monitoring systems with high sensitivity and resolution would be an enormous accomplishment with powerful applications to both biology and medicine.
- molecularly targeted
- molecularly defined
Examples
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The application of high-temperature, molecularly designed materials to aircraft engines will be equally influential.
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The researchers molecularly analyzed the compounds to determine their effectiveness in treating diseases.
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And so this became the place where the first molecularly made vaccine was made.
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And so the crude oil stream comes in and it gets changed molecularly into products that meet the market demand.
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Different molecularly defined cell types contribute specific activity patterns to this global state.
Academic text (2016) -
Molecularly designed materials, or nanomaterials, for example, have the promise to be 100 times stronger than steel and only one-sixth the weight.
Academic text (2001) -
Mutational profiling of advanced solid tumors is an important component of early-phase clinical trials testing drugs in molecularly defined patient populations.
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In her chemistry lab, she demonstrated how substances can be molecularly bonded to improve their stability.
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The new treatment targets cancer cells molecularly, ensuring that healthy cells remain unharmed.
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Etymology
The word molecularly comes from molecule, an old word meaning 'tiny mass' or 'small piece'. So, to do something molecularly is to do it at the level of molecules, the very small parts of matter, or to use ways that study these tiny parts.