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Molecular

adjective

Relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules. "Molecular oxygen" , "Molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule"

Relating to simple or elementary organization.

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"Molecular" Quotes from Famous Books

... makes much of the three cosmic laws. Our earth, by a form of self-love called molecular attraction, ceases to be scattered dust, and takes on the shape of a rich and beautiful planet. But self-loved, our earth is also sun-loved, and drawn by invisible bands it is swept forward out of winter into summer. Then enters in a third principle, by which ...

— A Man's Value to Society - Studies in Self Culture and Character • Newell Dwight Hillis

... popular exposition, or the undisciplined imagination of the investigator himself, atoms have figured in the history of thought as round corpuscles of a grayish hue scurrying hither and thither, and armed with special appliances wherewith to lock in molecular embrace. Although this is nonsense, we need not on that account conclude that there are no atoms. There are atoms in precisely the sense intended by scientific law, in that the formulas computed with the aid of this concept are true of certain natural processes. ...

— The Approach to Philosophy • Ralph Barton Perry

Words linked to "Molecular" : psychology, psychological science, molecule, molar