chemical
Americannoun
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a substance produced by or used in a chemical process.
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Slang. chemicals, narcotic or mind-altering drugs or substances.
adjective
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of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals.
a chemical formula; chemical agents.
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used in chemical warfare.
chemical weapons.
noun
adjective
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of or used in chemistry
chemical balance
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of, made from, or using chemicals
chemical fertilizer
Other Word Forms
- chemically adverb
- nonchemical adjective
- prechemical adjective
- pseudochemical adjective
- semichemical adjective
- semichemically adverb
- superchemical adjective
- superchemically adverb
- unchemical adjective
- unchemically adverb
Etymology
Origin of chemical
Example Sentences
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On the wafer’s surface, a chemical substrate called a photoresist reacts to the light, and etches the stencil pattern into the silicon.
These ligands act as spatial guides, determining the three dimensional arrangement of the final chemical products.
From Science Daily
For years, researchers and industry leaders have tried to find ways to convert these simple hydrocarbons directly into useful chemicals instead of burning them.
From Science Daily
Researchers at MIT have uncovered new chemical clues in extremely old rocks that suggest some of the earliest animals on Earth were likely ancestors of modern sea sponges.
From Science Daily
They are part of a cost-cutting drive by the world's biggest chemical company, which has been battered by high energy costs in Germany, weak demand and massive overcapacity on global markets.
From Barron's
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