molecular machine
noun
1A complex molecule which carries out a specific physical or chemical task, especially one involving the spatial manipulation of atoms.
2A nanotechnological machine or device, especially one assembled at a molecular level; a nanomachine.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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