molecularize

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verb

To make molecular; to convert to the level of molecules.

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Meanings

verbmolecularize (third-person singular simple present molecularizes, present participle molecularizing, simple past and past participle molecularized)

present singular third person molecularizes · participle present molecularizing · participle past molecularized · past molecularized

  1. transitiveTo make molecular; to convert to the level of molecules.

    Plates simply perforated and uncapped give excellent results for they molecularize the vapor ascending through the liquid contained on the plates, but they require a constant pressure of vapor, and any variations of pressure tends to discharge them.

    1907, Frederic B. Wright, A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products

Origin

From molecular + -ize.

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APA

molecularize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molecularize

MLA

“molecularize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molecularize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “molecularize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molecularize.

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