intramolecularadj.
Situated, existing, or occurring within a molecule or the molecules of a body or substance.
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intramolecular1884
infra-molecular1899
heteronuclear1900
isonuclear1900
homonuclear1938
1884 A. Daniell Text-bk. Princ. Physics xiii. 323 Intramolecular work [is] done within each several molecule [in the] production of intramolecular vibrations.
1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. ii. xi. 371 The chemical processes which cause the production and evolution of carbonic acid in the absence of free oxygen are grouped by Pflüger under the term intramolecular respiration.
1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 261 The rapidity with which these intra-molecular oscillations are effected.
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intramoˈlecularly adv. within a molecule.
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the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [adverb] > in a molecular manner
molecularly1850
intramolecularly1936
1936 G. M. Kline Org. Plastics (U.S. Bureau of Standards Circular C411) 6 Condensations may take place intramolecularly, as in the case of the formation of phthalic anhydride from phthalic acid, or intermolecularly.
1962 S. Walker & H. Straw Spectrosc. II. 181 Dipole attachment occurs between the intramolecularly hydrogen bonded and the solvent molecule.
1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. x. 195 It undergoes a Cannizzaro reaction with sodium hydroxide; this occurs intramolecularly, i.e. within the same molecule.
1971 Biochemistry (Easton, Pa.) X. 925/1 Is the S–S polylysine intramolecularly or intermolecularly cross-linked?
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adj.1884