molecule
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- n (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
- n (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- At last one molecule, a complex protein, showed the ability to absorb other molecules and create replicas of itself out of their material.
- To probe cellular gene activity en masse, scientists first isolate the molecules that translate genes into proteins.
- The biggest molecule known to man is much too tiny to be seen, even under a microscope.