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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky