chemical compound
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chemical compound (plural chemical compounds)
- (chemistry) Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.
- Antonym: elementary substance
- (informal, proscribed) Any single substance, either compound or element
- Synonym: chemical
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- See also Thesaurus:chemical compound
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in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
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informally: any single substance, either compound or element
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