Molecule, N.: The Ultimate, Indivisible Unit Of Matter.

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Molecule, n.:
The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished
from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of
matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate,
indivisible unit of matter ... The ion differs from the
molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion ...
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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