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molecule
/ˈmɑləkˌjul/
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Start strongly; keep “kyool” together.
The first syllable carries the main stress. The final part begins with k followed by the y sound in yes and the long oo vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The model represents a water molecule.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does molecule mean?
noun
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑləkˌjul/
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The family is not, if I may venture to so speak, the type, the organic molecule, of society.
And, lastly, every molecule of Man's organism is also, in reality, an individual, and small only by comparison with the human frame.
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However large the masses changed by chemical action, that action is always on the individual molecule, the atoms of which are separated.
This type of reaction is well known in chemistry to mark a mono-molecular change, where each molecule is dissociated or altered in structure independently.