MOLECULE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
   Synonym(s)
   • atom (what does atom mean?)
   • corpuscle (what does corpuscle mean?)
   • mote (what does mote mean?)
   • particle (what does particle mean?)
   • speck (what does speck mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) molecule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • material (what does material mean?)
   • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grain (what does grain mean?)
   • chylomicron (what does chylomicron mean?)
   • flyspeck (what does flyspeck mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • atomize (what does atomize mean?)
   • atomise (what does atomise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
   Hypernyms(s) molecule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unit (what does unit mean?)
   • building block (what does building block mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dipole molecule (what does dipole molecule mean?)
   • protein molecule (what does protein molecule mean?)
   • coenzyme (what does coenzyme mean?)
   • macromolecule (what does macromolecule mean?)
   • supermolecule (what does supermolecule mean?)