"molecular formula" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: molecular formulas [plural], molecular formulae [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|molecular formulae}} molecular formula (plural molecular formulas or molecular formulae)
  1. (chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule of a substance. Categories (topical): Chemical notation Related terms: empirical formula Translations (a notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in a molecule): 分子式 (fan⁶ zi² sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 分子式 (fēnzǐshì) (Chinese Mandarin), sumární vzorec [masculine] (Czech), molekulární vzorec [masculine] (Czech), sumformel [common-gender] (Danish), bruttoformel [common-gender] (Danish), molekyylikaava (Finnish), formule moléculaire [feminine] (French), fórmula química [feminine] (Galician), Summenformel [feminine] (German), Bruttoformel [feminine] (German), μοριακός τύπος (moriakós týpos) [masculine] (Greek), molekulaképlet (Hungarian), 分子式 (bunshishiki) (alt: ぶんししき) (Japanese), tātai matū (Maori), wzór sumaryczny [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), fórmula química [feminine] (Portuguese), formulă moleculară [feminine] (Romanian), молекуля́рная фо́рмула (molekuljárnaja fórmula) [feminine] (Russian), fórmula química [feminine] (Spanish), molekylärformel (Swedish), mulatling sanyo (Tagalog), công thức phân tử (Vietnamese), fformiwla foleciwlaidd [feminine] (Welsh)

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