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Molecular

Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.

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Molecule 74% connected

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

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Molecule 74% connected

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

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Particle 74% connected

A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

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Particle 74% connected

A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

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Molecule 66% connected

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

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Molar 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Molar 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Absorption noun · 78% connection

(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "t…

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Acetal noun · 78% connection

any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

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Bichloride noun · 78% connection

A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.

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Bravais lattice noun · 78% connection

a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal

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Carbohydrate noun · 78% connection

an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as wel…

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Chemistry noun · 78% connection

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…

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Crystal lattice noun · 78% connection

a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal

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Di- unknown · 78% connection

denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-, 2.

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Energetics noun · 78% connection

That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which…

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Energy level noun · 78% connection

a definite stable energy that a physical system can have; used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules; "according…

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Energy state noun · 78% connection

a definite stable energy that a physical system can have; used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules; "according…

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Fatty acid noun · 78% connection

any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…

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Heterocycle noun · 78% connection

a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

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Interatomic adjective · 78% connection

Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.

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Interosculant adjective · 78% connection

Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.

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Intramolecular adjective · 78% connection

Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies.

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Legato adjective · 78% connection

Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often…

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Molecularly adverb · 78% connection

With molecules; in the manner of molecules.

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