molecuul
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French molécule, a modern diminutive of Latin moles (“mass”). First attested in the mid nineteenth century.
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Noun edit
molecuul n or f or m (plural moleculen, diminutive molecuultje n)
- A molecule, group of atoms held together by chemical bonds, the smallest natural unit of any given substance
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Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: molekul
See also edit
- atoom n