chemistry
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ə 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.
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| —n , pl -tries | |
| 1. | inorganic chemistry organic chemistry See also physical chemistry the branch of physical science concerned with the composition, properties, and reactions of substances |
| 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 |
| [C17: from earlier chimistrie, from chimist | |
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chemistry
1605 (see chemical), originally "alchemy;" the meaning "natural physical process" is 1646, and the scientific study not so called until 1788. The figurative sense of "instinctual attraction or affinity" is older, c.1600, from the alchemical sense.
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chemistry chem·is·try (kěm'ĭ-strē)
n.
Abbr. chem.
The science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems.
The composition, structure, properties, and reactions of a substance.
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Example sentences
The chemistry of the resulting rainfall depends on the composition of the particles that made the cloud.
In chemistry he must perform sixty experiments, covering the elements of the science.
In fact, all of chemistry is a bit of an inside job.
The sciences that provide the model are physics and chemistry.
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