of, concerned with, formed from, or involving three molecules
trimolecular in American English
(ˌtraɪməˈlɛkjələr)
adjective
of or formed from three molecules
trimolecular in American English
(ˌtraiməˈlekjələr)
adjective
Chemistry
pertaining to or having three molecules
Word origin
[tri- + molecular]tri- is a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix tri- include: triathlon, triglyceride, trio, triple, trivial
Examples of 'trimolecular' in a sentence
trimolecular
This trimolecular interaction leads to uncontrolled release of a number of proinflammatory cytokines.
A Guntur Hermawan 2009, 'Development of Immunopathobiogenesis on SIRS-Sepsis', Indonesian Biomedical Journalhttp://inabj.org/index.php/ibj/article/view/80. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The presence of tetra- and trimolecular complexes formed due to dimer-dimer and dimer-monomer interactions was detected in the myeloma serum.
Batia Kaplan, Avi Livneh, Ben-Ami Sela 2011, 'Immunoglobulin Free Light Chain Dimers in Human Diseases', The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2011.65. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)