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chemical
[kem-i-kuhl]
noun
a substance produced by or used in a chemical process.
Slang., chemicals, narcotic or mind-altering drugs or substances.
adjective
of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals.
a chemical formula; chemical agents.
used in chemical warfare.
chemical weapons.
chemical
/ ˈkɛmɪkəl /
noun
any substance used in or resulting from a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules, especially one derived artificially for practical use
adjective
of or used in chemistry
chemical balance
of, made from, or using chemicals
chemical fertilizer
chemical
Relating to or produced by means of chemistry.
A substance having a specific molecular composition, obtained by or used in a chemical process.
Other Word Forms
- chemically adverb
- nonchemical adjective
- prechemical adjective
- pseudochemical adjective
- semichemical adjective
- semichemically adverb
- superchemical adjective
- superchemically adverb
- unchemical adjective
- unchemically adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The forever chemicals in my blood would "most likely" have an impact on my health, she told me.
The BBC World Service has spoken to chemical weapons experts, whistleblowers from Georgia's riot police, and doctors, and found the evidence points to the use of an agent that the French military named "camite".
Matthew Dean, head of operations control, said Pembury Water Treatment Works had stopped working "due to a bad chemical batch".
“They knew how to make a martini that could taste like green apple but didn’t use some synthetic, chemical green apple pucker liqueur,” he says.
They used several analytical tools, including spectrometry, isotope labeling and computational approaches, to determine the chemical structures of 12 distinct indole metabolites within the mixture.
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