intermolecularly
adverb
chemistryspecialized(alsointer-molecularly)uk/ˌɪn.tə.məˈlek.jə.lə.li/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚ.məˈlek.jə.lɚ.li/in a way thatinvolvesdifferentmolecules(= thesimplestunitsof achemicalsubstance):
Theseproteinsactintermolecularly.
Hydrogenbondscanoccurintermolecularly or within differentpartsof asinglemolecule.
- Thealcoholandacidforman ester thatreactsinter-molecularly in thepresenceofwater.
- Thealkenesreactintermolecularly at thisconcentration.
- Theproteinformsan intermolecularlyfoldedbundle.
- Theproteinchainsuse intermolecularlyinteracting'sticky'patches.
- Theseinteractionsmay have aroleinstabilizingthecrystalsin which theyoccurintermolecularly.
Physics: atoms, molecules & sub-atomic particles
- acceptor
- anion
- anti-radical
- antilepton
- antimatter
- antineutrino
- elementary particle
- hydroxyl ion
- interatomic
- interelectronic
- interionic
- intermolecular
- internuclear
- isotope
- neutrino
- non-molecular
- nucleon
- nuclide
- orbital
- relative molecular mass