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Antonyms for molecule

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mol-uh-kyool
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒl əˌkyul

Definition of molecule

Origin :
  • 1794, "extremely minute particle," from French molécule (1670s), from Modern Latin molecula, diminutive of Latin moles "mass, barrier" (see mole (3)). A vague meaning at first; the vogue for the word (used until late 18c. only in Latin form) can be traced to the philosophy of Descartes. First used of Modern Latin molecula in modern scientific sense by Amedeo Avogadro (1811).
  • noun smallest part
Example sentences :
  • The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • The ions formed by the dissociation of any molecule are of two kinds.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • A molecule is the smallest particle of a compound which can exist.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • This will be the sum of the weights of the nitrogen atoms in the molecule.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • We cannot be good to an atom of hydrogen, or unjust to a molecule of water.
  • Extract from : « The Truth of Christianity » by William Harry Turton
  • Of what nature will be that molecule supposed to possess life by itself?
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • It is the molecule, without which the laws of chemistry would be miracles.
  • Extract from : « On the Seaboard » by August Strindberg
  • If these were to be altered in the least, it would no longer be a molecule of hydrogen.
  • Extract from : « The Theistic Conception of the World » by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
  • This molecule is correlated, as it were, to the aggregate to be formed.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 » by Various
  • They are merely atoms in the molecule—a tiny fragment of perfection.
  • Extract from : « The Business of Life » by Robert W. Chambers

Synonyms for molecule

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