water molecule

collocation in English

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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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molecule
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɒl.ɪ.kjuːl/us
/ˈmɑː.lɪ.kjuːl/
the simplest unit of a chemical substance, usually a group of two or ...
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(Definition ofwaterandmoleculefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The binding of the substrate and molecular oxygen into the enzyme leads to loss of onewatermolecule.
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Our researches suggest that the main point in biological structure which is affected by the low magnetic environment is thewatermolecule.
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A fourth well-resolvedwatermoleculeis added to the inner metal coordination sphere, which assumes a more ideal octahedral geometry.
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The initial attempts several years ago to develop a polarizable force field focused on thewatermolecule.
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Alternatively, thewatermoleculeindicated by an asterisk could be used for a proton shuttle.
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This ionic layer is sealed off against solvent by adjacent hydrophobic layers, but it contains a buriedwatermolecule.
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Second, awatermoleculein the inner coordination sphere of the metal is appropriately positioned to donate a proton to the 3k hydroxylate leaving group.
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We refer to these as ' waterinserted ' or ' open ' pairs because the insertion of awatermoleculeopens up the pairing toward one of the grooves of the helix.
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As a result, the large hexagonal rings leave almost enough room for anotherwatermoleculeto exist inside.
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The hydroxyl is protonated using hydrogen from formic acid, which allows forwatermoleculeto leave.
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O and causes thewatermoleculein which it occurs to be heavier by that amount.
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The presence of valence cations in the solution impedes the polymer's ability to bond with thewatermolecule.
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The oxygen in thewatermoleculenow bears a positive charge.
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Clusters including more than onewatermoleculehave been detected.
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The sixth coordination site contains awatermoleculeor a dioxygen molecule.
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Thewatermoleculetraveling in a circular patern interacts with the sediment on the floor and moves the sediment into symmetrical ripples.
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This occurs when thewatermoleculeis 3.0 angstroms away from the phosphorus molecule it is attacking.
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This causes thewatermoleculecluster to disassociate, allowing much smaller individual water molecules to penetrate into the innermost part of the fabric.
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It is believed that thewatermolecule, a strong dipole, induces a weak dipole in the noble gas atoms, resulting in dipole-dipole interaction.
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