molecular

[muh-lek-yuh-ler] /məˈlɛk yə lər/

adjective

of or pertaining to or caused by molecules:

molecular structure.

Origin

1815-25; molecule + -ar¹

Related forms

molecularly, adverb

multimolecular, adjective

nonmolecular, adjective

submolecular, adjective

Examples from the web for molecular

Bring in modern microscopic and molecular evidence, and you can trace the similarities still further back.
All stuff, whether natural or unnatural, is at the microscopic level molecular.
The question of its three-dimensional molecular structure interested perhaps a dozen people.
Choose from molecular earrings, a caffeine molecule necklace, or a circuit board pendant.
On the molecular level, it's a string of sugar molecules.
On the molecular level, gelatin powder is made up of protein chains.
They attacked the bird flu strains, meaning the human flu virus had some of the same molecular features as avian flu viruses.
These molecular techniques are certain to be useful to the breeder, and molecular markers are being used now to speed up breeding.
Take, for instance, the emblem of molecular gastronomy: the foam.
Nanotechnology deals with substances at the atomic and molecular levels, which means really, really small.

British Dictionary definitions for molecular

/məʊˈlɛkjʊlə; mə-/

adjective

of or relating to molecules: molecular hydrogen

(logic) (of a sentence, formula, etc) capable of analysis into atomic formulae of the appropriate kind

Derived Forms

molecularity (məʊˌlɛkjʊˈlærɪtɪ) noun
molecularly, adverb

Word Origin and History for molecular

adj.

1823, from molecule + -ar or else from French moléculaire or Modern Latin molecularis. Molecular biology first attested 1950.

molecular in Medicine

molecular mo·lec·u·lar (mə-lěk'yə-lər)
adj.
Of, relating to, or consisting of molecules.