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molecula

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See also: molécula, molècula, and moleculă

English

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Etymology

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From Latin molecula.

Noun

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molecula (plural moleculae)

  1. (now historical) A molecule; a small particle of something. [from 18th c.]
    • 1751, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy, section XII:
      Smal bodies, of Atoms, out of whose various combinations bigger molleculæ are made.
    • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009:
      They acted by the ancient organized states in the shape of their old organization, and not by the organic moleculae of a disbanded people.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from mōlēs (mass) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix). Coined by René Descartes in the 1620s. Modern meaning first used by Amedeo Avogadro in 1811.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mōlēcula f (genitive mōlēculae); first declension

  1. (New Latin, chemistry) molecule

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mōlēcula mōlēculae
genitive mōlēculae mōlēculārum
dative mōlēculae mōlēculīs
accusative mōlēculam mōlēculās
ablative mōlēculā mōlēculīs
vocative mōlēcula mōlēculae

Descendants

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References

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  • molecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • molecula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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