molecular
adjective
mo·lec·u·lar
mə-ˈle-kyə-lər 
1
: of, relating to, consisting of, or produced by molecules
molecular oxygen
2
: of or relating to individual or small components
a molecular view of the American Civil War
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Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard who has called for the laboratory origins of COVID to be probed more closely, welcomed the scrutiny.
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 2 June 2024
The situation spilled out into the open a few hours later, when Dr. Baxter, 30, a molecular biologist and science communicator who runs the website Dr. Raven the Science Maven, shared what happened in a post on X.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 31 May 2024
Conversely, two molecules with very different molecular structures can nonetheless smell almost the same.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
In other words, when glutamate is released, there are many different molecular targets for that glutamate.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 2 June 2024
The situation spilled out into the open a few hours later, when Dr. Baxter, 30, a molecular biologist and science communicator who runs the website Dr. Raven the Science Maven, shared what happened in a post on X.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 31 May 2024
Conversely, two molecules with very different molecular structures can nonetheless smell almost the same.
—Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
In other words, when glutamate is released, there are many different molecular targets for that glutamate.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for molecular
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molecular
adjective
mo·lec·u·lar
mə-ˈlek-yə-lər
: of, relating to, or produced by molecules
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molecular
adjective
mo·lec·u·lar
mə-ˈlek-yə-lər
1
: of, relating to, consisting of, or produced by molecules
molecular oxygen
2
: relating to or emphasizing individual responses or structures of behavior
proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception—G. A. Miller
compare molar entry 3 sense 2
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