the smallest unit, usually consisting of a group of atoms, into which a substance can be divided without a change in its chemical nature:
A molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.
molecular adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
molecular structure / biology
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