Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Consisting of many molecules; of scale or complexity greater than that of a molecule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English molecular English supramolecular From supra- + molecular.
