different between molecule vs stereogenic
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
stereogenic
English
Etymology
stereo- +? -genic
Adjective
stereogenic (not comparable)
- (chemistry, physics) describing a grouping of atoms in a molecule
- consisting of a central atom and four distinguishable ligands such that the interchange of any two leads to a stereoisomer
- consisting of four non-coplanar atoms such that rotation about the central bond leads to a stereoisomer
- consisting of a double bond with substituents which give rise to cis-trans isomerism
stereogenic From the web:
- what's stereogenic center
- what are stereogenic atoms
- what does stereogenic mean
- what is stereogenic in chemistry
- what is a stereogenic center
- what is a stereogenic centre
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