molecule
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
Types & categories
- building block hypernym
- dipole molecule hyponym
- protein molecule hyponym
- coenzyme hyponym
- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid hyponym
- macromolecule hyponym
Parts & wholes
- chemical chain part meronym
- atom part meronym
- radical part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
Types & categories
- material hypernym
- grain hyponym
- grinding hyponym
- chylomicron hyponym
- flyspeck hyponym
- identification particle hyponym
Related & opposite
- atomize derivation
- atomic derivation
- moleculara derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | molecular |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chemical chain |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | atom |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | radical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | building block |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dipole molecule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | protein molecule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coenzyme |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | macromolecule |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moleculara |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grinding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chylomicron |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flyspeck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | identification particle |