chemistry
Other forms: chemistries
Chemistry is the science that tells us what things and people are made of; for example, that water is really H2O, two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen.
Chemistry deals with chemicals and elements, the building blocks of our world. The periodic table, that table of all of earth's basic elements — iron, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, etc. — comes from chemistry. Chemistry explains how atoms attract each other to become molecules. We also use the term to refer to people who are attracted to each other, either as colleagues, friends or romantic partners. Movie reviewers often say that that romantic leads have "great chemistry" — or not.
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the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionssynonyms: chemical sciencetypes:chemoimmunology, immunochemistrythe field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies)organic chemistrythe chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)inorganic chemistrythe chemistry of compounds that do not contain hydrocarbon radicalsphysical chemistrythe branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substanceselectrochemistrybranch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactionsfemtochemistrythe branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulsesgeochemistrythe science that studies the physical makeup of the substances the earth and other planets are composed ofphotochemistrybranch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of lightsurface chemistrythe branch of chemistry that studies processes occurring at interfaces between phases (especially those between liquid and gas)thermochemistrythe branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generatedbiochemistrythe science that studies life-sustaining molecular activities and energy transformations in organismsphytochemistrythe branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plantstype of:
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the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object“the chemistry of soil”type of:substancethe real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
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the way two individuals relate to each other“their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other”synonyms: alchemy, interpersonal chemistrytype of:social relationa relation between living organisms (especially between people)
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You'll be in your element when you review these terms related to chemistry. Learn about chemical reactions, atoms and molecules, phases of matter, and much more. This list is just the catalyst you need to improve your chemistry vocabulary.
You'll be in your element when you review these terms related to chemistry. Learn about chemical reactions, atoms and molecules, phases of matter, and much more. This list is just the catalyst you need to improve your chemistry vocabulary.