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molecular_formula

molecular formula

English

Noun

molecular formula ‎(plural molecular formulas or molecular formulae)

(chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in a compound.
The molecular formula for ethane is C₂H₆, while the empirical formula is CH₃.‎

Translations

a notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in a compound

Chinese:

Cantonese: 分子式 ‎(fan⁶ zi² sik¹)

Mandarin: 分子式 (zh) ‎(fēnzǐshì)
Czech: sumární vzorec m, molekulární vzorec m
Finnish: molekyylikaava
French: formule moléculaire (fr) f

Hungarian: molekulaképlet (hu)
Japanese: 分子式 (ja) ‎(ぶんししき, bunshishiki)
Maori: tātai matū
Romanian: formulă moleculară f
Russian:
Swedish: molekylärformel
Tagalog: mulatling sanyo

See also

empirical formula