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elementary process

American

noun

Physical Chemistry.

a chemical process complete in one step, characterized by the simultaneous interaction of all the atoms of two or more molecules.

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He must steadily pursue his object of familiarizing them fully with this elementary process, but he may give variety and spirit to the work by changing occasionally the modes.

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No fact throws more light on it and refutes it more convincingly than the elementary process of conception that we have described.

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