different between molecule vs granule
molecule
English
Etymology
Summary: from French molécule, from New Latin molecula (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”); see mole + -cule.
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. pp. 522–23. Diminutive of moles
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?l?kju?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?l?kjul/
- Hyphenation: mol?e?cule
Noun
molecule (plural molecules or moleculae 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 Thesaurus:molecule
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Hyponyms
- macromolecule
Meronyms
- atom
Related terms
- molecular
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mo?.l??ky.l?/
- Hyphenation: mo?le?cu?le
Noun
molecule n or f or m (plural moleculen or molecules, diminutive moleculetje n)
- Alternative form of molecuul.
Friulian
Noun
molecule f (plural moleculis)
- molecule
molecule From the web:
- what molecule absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis
- what molecule is water
- what molecule is needed for photosynthesis to occur
- what molecules are needed for cellular respiration
- what molecules are needed for photosynthesis
- what molecules are involved in transcription
- what molecule stores energy
- what molecules are involved in translation
granule
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”); for more, see grain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???anju?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /???ænjul/, /???ænj?l/
Noun
granule (plural granules)
- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- (biology) A small structure in a cell.
- (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
Related terms
- grain
- granular
- granularity
- granulate
- granulation
Translations
Further reading
- granule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- granule in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- langure, unregal
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: granulent, granules
Verb
granule
- first-person singular present indicative of granuler
- third-person singular present indicative of granuler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
- second-person singular imperative of granuler
Spanish
Verb
granule
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of granular.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of granular.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of granular.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of granular.
granule From the web:
- what granules are present in granulocytes
- what granules are in neutrophils
- what granules do eosinophils contain
- what granules are extruded from the keratinocytes
- what granules contain glycolipids
- what granules do basophils have
- what granules do neutrophils contain
- what granule cell
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