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molecule

/mol-uh-kyool/US // ˈmɒl əˌkyul //UK // (ˈmɒlɪˌkjuːl) //

分子,分子的,分子的作用

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.
    • : Chemistry. a quantity of a substance, the weight of which, measured in any chosen unit, is numerically equal to the molecular weight; gram molecule.
    • : any very small particle.

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Examples

  • Perhaps certain gene networks and signaling molecules act as individuals at the level of the cell, while others are spread out between cells.

  • Strikingly, if the flies are fed antioxidants that neutralize these molecules, it does not matter if they never sleep again.

  • They might perfume the air by releasing small molecules that smell like a whiff of strawberries, perhaps.

  • As water heats up, individual water molecules move faster and faster.

  • Ions — molecules that have a charge — move between these electrodes in a material called an electrolyte.

  • Each type of atom and molecule has its own unique spectrum, according to the rules of quantum mechanics.

  • Specifically, it targets a molecule called VEGF that sends signals that promote the growth of blood vessels.

  • And those examples are a molecule in the atom bomb of the Internet.

  • Every fructose molecule in sucrose, in contrast, is bound to a glucose.

  • A molecule of carbon dioxide traps heat, radiant heat, the long wave end of the spectrum.

  • Pete, after spewing the last hateful molecule away, reversed his tiny fibre engines, and began to draw in.

  • Does not the soul which animates us endure by the same right as each molecule of oxygen or nitrogen or iron?

  • The foreign protein is changed by splitting its molecule into its simplest parts and then recombining them in the desired form.

  • Each molecule of silver chromate forms two silver ions when it is ionized.

  • This brings selenophene more akin to pyrrole than thiophene, but the group -NH- in the molecule of pyrrole is an auxochrome.