chemical
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
chemic (“alchemy”) + -al (“related to”)
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
chemical (not comparable)
- Of or relating to chemistry.
- chemical experiments
- the chemical properties of iron
- Pentalene has chemical formula C8H6
- Of or relating to a material or processes not commonly found in nature or in a particular product.
- (obsolete) Of or relating to alchemy.
TranslationsEdit
relating to chemistry
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Further readingEdit
NounEdit
chemical (plural chemicals)
- (chemistry, sciences) Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy.
- Hydrogen and sulphur are both chemicals.
- (colloquial) An artificial chemical compound.
- I color my hair with henna, not chemicals.
- (slang) An addictive drug.
Usage notesEdit
- The noun is frequently used in a slang and more specific non-technical way (2nd and 3rd definition) by the general public. Chemists and those who understand chemistry may gravitate toward the first, but the term "substance" is preferred usage.
TranslationsEdit
any specific element or chemical compound
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an artificial chemical compound
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an addictive drug
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Derived termsEdit
terms derived from chemical (adjective and noun)
- antichemical
- biophysicochemical
- chemical abortion
- chemical affinity
- chemical agent
- chemical beam epitaxy
- chemical biology
- chemical bomb
- chemical bond
- chemical castration
- chemical cell
- chemical change
- chemical clock
- chemical composition
- chemical cosh
- chemical database
- chemical decomposition
- chemical defense
- chemical dependency
- chemical depilatory
- chemical dermatitis
- chemical ecology
- chemical element
- chemical energy
- chemical engine
- chemical engineer
- chemical engineering
- chemical equation
- chemical equilibrium
- chemical fingerprint
- chemical flux
- chemical formula
- chemical genomics
- chemical hazard
- chemical hood
- chemical horn
- chemical imbalance
- chemical indicator
- chemical industry
- chemical kinetics
- chemical laser
- chemical law
- chemical lithosphere
- chemical messenger
- chemical nomenclature
- chemical oceanography
- chemical oxygen generator
- chemical pathology
- chemical peel
- chemical peritonitis
- chemical physics
- chemical plant
- chemical pregnancy
- chemical property
- chemical proteomics
- chemical reaction
- chemical reactor
- chemical restraint
- chemical rocket
- chemical sensitivity
- chemical series
- chemical shift
- chemical space
- chemical species
- chemical structure
- chemical substance
- chemical symbol
- chemical toilet
- chemical warfare
- chemical weapon
- chemical-free
- colloidochemical
- fine chemical
- forever chemical
- multiple chemical sensitivity
- technochemical
- wet chemical