MOLECULAR, adjective. (chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
MOLECULAR, adjective. (chemistry) (of an element) Combined with itself and with no other element; elemental.
MOLECULAR, adjective. Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization.
MOLECULAR, adjective. (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.
MOLECULAR ENTITY, noun. (chemistry) Any constitutionally or isotopically distinct atom, molecule, ion, ion pair, radical, radical ion, complex, conformer etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity.
MOLECULAR FORMULA, noun. (chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in a compound.
MOLECULAR GENETICS, noun. A field of biology which studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level.
MOLECULAR MASS, noun. (chemistry) The mass of an individual molecule of an element or compound.
MOLECULAR MECHANICS, noun. (chemistry) A non-rigorous method of computing the structures, energies, and some properties of molecules by assuming they behave like small balls connected by springs.
MOLECULAR ORBITAL, noun. (quantum) (chemistry) The quantum mechanical behaviour of an electron in a molecule describing the probability of the electron's particular position and energy; approximated by a linear combination of atomic orbitals.
MOLECULAR, adjective. Relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules; "molecular structure"; "molecular oxygen"; "molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule".
MOLECULAR, adjective. Relating to simple or elementary organization; "proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception"--G.A. Miller.