molecule

[ˈmɑːlɪkjuːl]

Definition:
1. The smallest unit, consisting of a group of atoms, into which a substance can be divided without a change in its chemical nature.
2. The simplest structural unit of an element or compound.

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Use 'molecule' in a sentence:

1. The length of the chain molecule is proportional to the kinetic chain length.
2. This is often called the molecule of belonging.
3. And, you get a nonpolar molecule.
4. So, it's a nonsymmetric molecule.
5. Simply stated, a gas molecule can "evaporate" from a planet if it reaches a speed known as the escape velocity.
6. The whole thing is a single molecule.
7. Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.
8. So tell me what this molecule does that makes it special.
9. It is a diatomic molecule.
10. Any molecule that affects a biological process.
11. The drag of those extra air molecules brought the satellite crashing to Earth.
12. As the water boils, the water molecules escape in large numbers.
13. The molecule is most famously found in fatty fish.
14. These reactive molecules are mopped up and made harmless by Vitamin E.
15. But the DNA molecule is passive.
16. The effect occurs because of a molecule called staphylococcal lipoteichoic acid that acts on keratinocytes.
17. Stable molecule, why would it want to fall apart.
18. Meteorites can contain thousands of organic molecules, including amino acids.
19. There's also rotational disorder if it's a molecule.
20. So I indicated the molecule.
21. To make use of the MMPs, Dr. Tsien attaches his fluorescent dye, along with some positive charges, to one side of a small hairpin-shaped protein molecule.
22. Instead of making a clean break, water evaporating from treetops tugs on the remaining water molecules, with that tug extending from molecule to molecule all the way down to the roots.
23. Likewise, if we look at fluorine in its diatomic molecule, it is 160 kilojoules per mole.
24. Such a molecule is called a meso compound.
25. Summer leaves are green because they are full of chlorophyll, the molecule that captures sunlight converts that energy into new building materials for the tree.
26. So would this be a stabilized molecule then?
27. You have a symmetric molecule, and let's see.
28. Of course the linear molecule wasn't like that.
29. Who, then, can calculate the course of a molecule?
30. In contrast, the nonenzymatic process adds glucose haphazardly to any of several sites along any available peptide chain within a protein molecule.
31. Because the molecule must be in one of the states.
32. Understanding these rare molecules will help chemists to find out what is achievable.
33. Water is a very unique molecule.
34. In other words, there's a free energy per molecule.
35. Its molecules can be agitated by microwave energy.
36. Cells can reproduce but only molecules can replicate.
37. These strands of molecules twine around each other to form cable-like structures.
38. The atoms bond together to form a molecule.
39. The molecule contains four carbon atoms arranged in a ring with a triple bond between two of them.
40. A molecule of an element consists of one or more atoms.
41. The energy that atoms and molecules can possess according to quantum theory is quantized.
42. Atoms of iron in the nail combine with atoms of oxygen from the air to form molecules of iron oxide, or rust.
43. A molecule of water is formed by combining two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.
44. The DNA molecule is compounded from many smaller molecules.
45. A molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.
46. Every substance, no matter what it is, is composed of very small particles called molecules.
47. The chemical structure of this particular molecule is very unusual.
48. Two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water.
49. The molecules in regular liquids are held together by relatively weak bonds.
50. Protein molecules compose all the complex working parts of living cells.
51. These may bind to receptor molecules on the surfaces of cells.
52. A methane molecule is composed of one carbon atom attached to four hydrogens.
53. Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules.
54. Professor Orr has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules using existing laboratory lasers.
55. Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type.
56. The molecules join together to form long strings.