different between morphological vs molecular

English

Etymology

morphology +? -ical

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??f??l?d???k?l/

Adjective

morphological (not comparable)

1. Of, or pertaining to, morphology.

   • In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that van and can have the respective plural forms vans and cans, but that the plural of man is men and not *mans. [...]

Derived terms

Related terms

• morph (verb)
• morpheme (noun)
• morphology (noun)
• morphologist (noun)

Translations

English

Etymology

molecule +? -ar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??l?kj?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m??l?kj?l??/

Adjective

molecular (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
2. (chemistry) (of an element) Combined with itself and with no other element; elemental.
3. Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization.
4. (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.

   molecular dishes

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

molecular (plural moleculars)

1. (chemistry) Any compound having a specified (range of) molecular weight(s)

Catalan

Etymology

molècula +? -ar

Adjective

molecular (masculine and feminine plural moleculars)

1. molecular

Further reading

• “molecular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “molecular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “molecular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “molecular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

molécula +? -ar

Adjective

molecular m or f (plural moleculares)

1. molecular

Further reading

• “molecular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

molecular (not comparable)

1. molecular

Portuguese

Etymology

molécula +? -ar

Adjective

molecular m or f (plural moleculares, comparable)

1. (chemistry) molecular (relating to molecules)

Further reading

• “molecular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French moléculaire

Adjective

molecular m or n (feminine singular molecular?, masculine plural moleculari, feminine and neuter plural moleculare)

1. molecular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

molécula +? -ar

Adjective

molecular (plural moleculares)

1. molecular

Derived terms

Further reading

• “molecular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.