Usage examples (25)

• Personally, I would call a polyatomic molecule only inelastic if its vibrations (or electrons) were excited, but as I say, this is debatable.
• The detailed physics of rotating polyatomic molecules with spin is extremely complex.
• Any polyatomic molecules of interest in combustion would completely decompose even at much lower temperatures.
• With AP2 we quickly succeeded in setting the world's record for rotational cooling of a polyatomic molecule (0.17 K).