Associations to the word «Molecule»

Pictures for the word «Molecule»

Wiktionary

MOLECULE, noun. (chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
MOLECULE, noun. A tiny amount.

Dictionary definition

MOLECULE, noun. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound.
MOLECULE, noun. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne