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molecule
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The Crying of Lot 49
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The Demon could sit in a box among air molecules that were moving at all different random speeds, and sort out the fast molecules from the slow ones.†
Chpt 4 *

molecules = chemical substance comprised of the smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist by itself
The Demon could sit in a box among air molecules that were moving at all different random speeds, and sort out the fast molecules from the slow ones.†
Chpt 4
Fast molecules have more energy than slow ones.†
Chpt 4
As the Demon sat and sorted his molecules into hot and cold, the system was said to lose entropy.†
Chpt 5
But somehow the loss was offset by the information the Demon gained about what molecules were where.†
Chpt 5
There are untold billions of molecules in that box.†
Chpt 5

Definitions:

(1) (molecule)
the smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist by itself -- usually consisting of 2 or more atoms
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, molecule is used informally to refer to anything that is very small.