Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very large molecule, such as a polymer or protein, consisting of many smaller structural units linked together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A molecule consisting of several molecules.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem., Biochem.) A very large molecule, especially a polymer having from hundreds to many thousands of atoms, such as
DNA ,RNA ,protein ,polysaccharide ,polyethylene ,polycarbonate , etc.
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- noun chemistry, biochemistry A very large
molecule , especially used in reference to largebiological polymers (e.g.nucleic acids andproteins ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
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Examples
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A macromolecule is a molecule that consists of repeated 'building blocks', that may not be identical.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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- "In EF, the force moving the macromolecule is the electric potential, E" (wrong, driving force is an electric field).
Planet Atheism 2008
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For instance, I saw the word 高分子 (koubunshi) and wanted to find out how it was used in context (it means "macromolecule" and "polymer"), and hit so many Chinese pages, I had to choose the "Japanese" option to be able to find just those pages.
When mom became mum mj 2009
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Fourth, in the context of biology a "macromolecule" often refers to two or more distinct molecules.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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I have started a macromolecule page which provides referenced definitions of the term "macromolecule" and explains how the usage of the term differs between polymer chemistry and biology.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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DNA is an extremely long "macromolecule" that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms.
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Now if the original is just a single macromolecule do nothing much more than floating around in the soup, then it may be a comparitively uncomplicated matter to make use of it as a template.
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May 10th, 2007 at 6: 46 pm eric: Now if the original is just a single macromolecule do nothing much more than floating around in the soup, then it may be a comparitively uncomplicated matter to make use of it as a template.
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I can tell you about the macromolecule ATP and the energy currency to the cell.
Gladiator Dan Clark 2009
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The formation of glycogen in the reverse reaction was the first demonstration of synthesis of a macromolecule in a test tube, contradicting concepts then current.
Gerty Theresa Cori. 2009
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