其中类别ENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
Summary: from French _molécule_, from New Latin _molecula_ (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin _moles_ (“a mass”); see mole.
French _molécule_ (1674, Pierre Le Gallois, _Conversations tirées de l'Académie de M. l'abbé Bourdelot, contenant diverses recherches et observations physiques_) cited in Quemada, Bernard (1965), _Datations et documents lexicographiques_ (tome 3).
Medieval Latin _molecula_ (early XVII cent., Pierre Gassendi), cited in _Le Grand Robert de la Langue Française_ (2e édn) tome 6. ISBN 2-85036-094-5. pp.
Summary: from French molécule, from New Latin molecula (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”); see mole.
French molécule (1674, Pierre Le Gallois, Conversations tirées de l'Académie de M. l'abbé Bourdelot, contenant diverses recherches et observations physiques) cited in Quemada, Bernard (1965), Datations et documents lexicographiques (tome 3).
Medieval Latin molecula (early XVII cent., Pierre Gassendi), cited in Le Grand Robert de la Langue Française (2e édn) tome 6. ISBN 2-85036-094-5. pp.
其中类别ENGLISH - NOUN
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English - Noun
MOLECULE (_plural_ MOLECULES _or_ MOLECULÆ)
* (chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
* A tiny amount.
SYNONYMS
* See also Wikisaurus:molecule
* (small amount): see also Wikisaurus:modicum.
MERONYMS
* atom
RELATED TERMS
* molecular
TRANSLATIONS
molecule (plural molecules or moleculæ)
- (chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
- A tiny amount.
