chemical
noun
a substance produced by or used in a chemical process.
chemically
-
a word derived from
chemical.
Example Sentences
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Plastics were long thought to be chemically inert, meaning they don’t react easily with other compounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Some take care to use all the items inside, while others clear them out—wary of what could happen, chemically speaking, to an errant lotion left in a bag for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
In other words, studying what the enzyme chemically does is not enough to explain its influence on 6-TG.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Standard electron microscopy commonly involves chemically fixing and dehydrating tissue, steps that can alter the structures scientists are trying to observe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some are chemically combined with the surface rocks.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
