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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymol·e·cule \ˈmä-li-ˌkyül\ noun ETYMOLOGY French molécule, from New Latin molecula,diminutive of Latin moles mass DATE 17941. the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties of the substance and is composed of one or more atoms2. a tiny bit : particleEnglish Etymologymolecule 1794, "extremely minute particle," from Fr. molécule (1678), from Mod.L. molecula, dim. of L. 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 in modern scientific sense by Amedeo Avogadro (1811). Molecular biology first attested 1950.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7moleculemol·ecule / 5mClikju:l; NAmE 5mB:l- / noun (chemistry 化) the smallest unit, consisting of a group of atoms, into which a substance can be divided without a change in its chemical nature 分子: A molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. 水分子由两个氢原子和一个氧原子构成。 • mo·lecu·lar / mE5lekjElE(r) / adj. [only before noun] : molecular structure / biology 分子结构/生物学 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmolecule noun ADJ. complex | simple | stable | CO2, DNA, hydrogen, water, etc. VERB + MOLECULE form MOLECULE + VERB combine | be composed of sth, contain sth PREP. in a/the ~ the number of atoms in a molecule | ~ in the molecules in the crystal Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun Synonyms: PARTICLE, atom, bit, iota, jot, minim, modicum, ounce, ray, speckWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedmol·e·cule\ˈmälə̇ˌkyül, -lēˌ-\ noun(-s)Etymology: French molécule, from New Latin molecula, diminutive of Latin moles mass — more at mole (structure)1. a. : a unit of matter that is the smallest particle of an element or chemical combination of atoms (as a compound) capable of retaining chemical identity with the substance in mass < a few elements (as helium and neon) have monatomic molecules > < the viruses are one kind of giant molecules — Linus Pauling > — see avogadro's law; compare ion, radical 5 b. : a quantity proportional to the molecular weight; especially :mole VII2. : a tiny bit : fraction, fragment < every tone … is a molecule of music — Henry Miller > < a molecule of political honesty — Time >

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