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noun

the application of facts concerning chemistry to questions of civil and criminal law.

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Also called legal chemistry.

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Forensic tests showed the birds died after becoming coated in sludge, Hubbard said.
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To what extent was the testimony the grand jury heard corroborated or contradicted by forensic evidence?
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If true, it will have a discernable consistency with the forensic evidence.
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I found the section of the book on forensic archaeology fascinating.
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If you can stomach lunch—forensic archaeology can be disgusting.
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Chemistry has taught us that nicotine is only one among many principles which are contained in the plant.
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George Fordyce, died; an eminent Scottish physician and writer on medicine and chemistry.
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The object of the present work is to offer to the farmer a concise outline of the general principles of Agricultural Chemistry.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
The modern astronomer needs to know much of chemistry, or else he can not understand many of his observations on the sun.
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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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