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chemistry

[ kem-uh-stree ]

noun

, plural chem·is·tries.
  1. the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter. Compare element ( def 2 ).
  2. chemical properties, reactions, phenomena, etc.:

    the chemistry of carbon.

  3. the interaction of one personality with another:

    The chemistry between him and his boss was all wrong.

  4. sympathetic understanding; rapport:

    the astonishing chemistry between the actors.

  5. any or all of the elements that make up something:

    the chemistry of love.



chemistry

/ ˈkɛmɪstrɪ /

noun

  1. the branch of physical science concerned with the composition, properties, and reactions of substances See also inorganic chemistry organic chemistry physical chemistry
  2. the composition, properties, and reactions of a particular substance
  3. the nature and effects of any complex phenomenon

    the chemistry of humour

  4. informal.
    a reaction, taken to be instinctual, between two persons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


chemistry

/ kĕmĭ-strē /

  1. The scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of the chemical elements and the compounds they form.
  2. The composition, structure, properties, and reactions of a substance.


chemistry

  1. The study of the composition, properties, and reactions of matter , particularly at the level of atoms and molecules .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemistry1

First recorded in 1590–1600; chemist + -ry; replacing earlier chymistry, chimistry
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chemistry1

C17: from earlier chimistrie, from chimist chemist
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Example Sentences

After all, natural environments are preferable to garbage dumps, natural foods are nearly always healthier than stuff concocted in a chemistry lab.

Nurkić has picked up right where he left off, showcasing wonderful chemistry with the team’s two scoring stars.

The team has bought into the system the staff has created and also focused on chemistry during the offseason.

“There is something special about planets like the Earth that protect this kind of chemistry,” Sasselov said.

But, he adds, the data don’t yet paint a clear picture of the roles that blue light and ferritin play in the glow’s chemistry.

As such, they allow us a peek at the chemistry before the planets and moons evolved into what we know them as today.

Muslims made many discoveries in mathematics, chemistry, physics, medicine, astronomy and psychology.

Throughout the 1990s, advances in chemistry led the materials solidify more quickly, thus making 3D printing more useful.

Susli, the one-time chemistry grad student, started helping Lloyd and Postol with research into hexamine.

Brainwaves change, body chemistry is transformed, even white blood cell count improves.

Chemistry has taught us that nicotine is only one among many principles which are contained in the plant.

George Fordyce, died; an eminent Scottish physician and writer on medicine and chemistry.

The object of the present work is to offer to the farmer a concise outline of the general principles of Agricultural Chemistry.

The modern astronomer needs to know much of chemistry, or else he can not understand many of his observations on the sun.

No man who ever was in a quarry or gravel pit will say so, much less one who has the least smattering of chemistry or geology.

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