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Definition of molecular
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: of, relating to, consisting of, or produced by molecules
molecular oxygen
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: of or relating to individual or small components
a molecular view of the American Civil War
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Other Words from molecular
molecularly
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Dirk Inzé, a molecular biologist at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, a Belgian research center, is heartened.
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Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
Ben Deverman, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard who signed the letter, said that for him, it’s not about pointing fingers.
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Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
One is a blue-haired molecular biologist who designs fashions.
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Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 23 May 2021
She is trained as a plant molecular biologist and specializes in crop improvement.
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Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2021
Alexander Samuel, a molecular biologist in France, has been investigating similar questions since French protesters began reporting menstrual irregularities.
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Heather Murphy New York Times, Star Tribune, 3 May 2021
Leading that team was a molecular biologist named Bill Andrews.
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Megan Molteni, STAT, 3 May 2021
Readers soon learn that Ryland was once a junior high school science teacher who previously worked as a molecular biologist and whose ideas at the time now seem prophetic.
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Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2021
Early on, pinpointing the source of an outbreak can guide the immediate efforts to contain it, Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, told me.
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Marion Renault, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2021
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More Definitions for molecular
molecular
adjective
mo·lec·u·lar
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Kids Definition of molecular
: of or relating to a molecule
molecular structure
molecular
adjective
mo·lec·u·lar
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Medical Definition of molecular
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: 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
Other Words from molecular
molecularity
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plural molecularities
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plural molecularities
molecularly
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