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Molecular vs Nuclear - What's the difference?

molecular | nuclear |

As adjectives the difference between molecular and nuclear

is that molecular is (chemistry) relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules while nuclear is (biology) pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.

molecular

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Adjective

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  • (chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
  • (chemistry) (of an element) Combined with itself and with no other element; elemental.
  • Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization.
  • Relating to molecular gastronomy.
    • molecular dishes

    Derived terms

    * bimolecular * gram-molecular weight * intermolecular * intramolecular * molecular biologist * molecular biology * molecular formula * molecular genetics * molecular knife * molecular medicine * molecular modeling * molecular orbital * molecular sieve * molecular weight * monomolecular * orthomolecular * supramolecular * trimolecular ----

    nuclear

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    Adjective

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  • (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
  • * 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 17:
    • However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
  • Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
  • Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.
  • Involving atomic energy.
    • a nuclear reactor
  • Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy.
    • a nuclear explosion

    Usage notes

    * The pronunciation .Geoffrey Nunberg, “[http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nunberg/nucular.html Going Nucular”, 2002.

    Derived terms

    * corticonuclear * nuclear age * nuclear airburst * nuclear aircraft * nuclear artillery * nuclear cataract * nuclear certifiable * nuclear certified * nuclear chain reaction * nuclear chemistry * nuclear cytoplasm * nuclear electric rocket * nuclear emulsion * nuclear energy * nuclear fallout * nuclear family * nuclear fission * nuclear force * nuclear fuel * nuclear-free * nuclear gene * nuclear halo * nuclear hardness * nuclear hazard * nuclear incident * nuclear inclusion body * nuclear intelligence * nuclear isomer * nuclear lamina * nuclear magnetic moment * nuclear magnetic resonance * nuclear magneton * nuclear material * nuclear matrix * nuclear nation * nuclear navy * nuclear notation * nuclear operator * nuclear ophthalmoplegia * nuclear option * nuclear Overhauser effect * nuclear parity * nuclear photonic rocket * nuclear physics * nuclear poison * nuclear power * nuclear quadropole resonance * nuclear radiation * nuclear reaction * nuclear reactor * nuclear sclerosis * nuclear sharing * nuclear technology * nuclear terrorism * nuclear testing * nuclear transfer * nuclear underground burst * nuclear underwater burst * nuclear vulnerability assessment * nuclear war * nuclear warfare * nuclear waste * nuclear weapon * nuclear winter * nuclear yield

    Related terms

    * nuclei * nucleus

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