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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

molekular

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo-le-ku-laːɐ̯

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Molecularly/məˈlɛk.jə.lə.li/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Probe wurde molekular untersucht."

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In terms of, or by means of, molecules.

    "The new synthetic fabric is structured molecularly to repel liquids and resist staining."
  2. 2

    At the level of molecules.

    "Scientists analyzed how the drug interacts molecularly with target cellular receptors."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'molecular', combining the New Latin 'molecula' (a small mass, diminutive of moles 'mass') with the suffix '-ar', and further appended with the adverbial suffix '-ly'. The term emerged in the 19th century with the advancement of chemistry and physics to describe processes and structures at the scale of molecules.

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