Definition of chemistry

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Chemistry (n.) An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo..

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Superchery :: Superchemical (a.) Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.
-ate :: -ate () In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts..
Neo- :: Neo- () A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively..
Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..
Science :: Science (n.) Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind..
Chymistry :: Chymistry () See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry..
Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry..
Phytochemical :: Phytochemical (a.) Relating to phytochemistry.
Biochemistry :: Biochemistry (n.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life..
Phytochemistry :: Phytochemistry (n.) Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetable chemistry.
Thermochemical :: Thermochemical (a.) Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry..
Neology :: Neology (n.) The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology..
Alchemistry :: Alchemistry (n.) Alchemy.
Homologue :: Homologue (n.) That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale..
Zoochemistry :: Zoochemistry (n.) Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry..
Chemist :: Chemist (n.) A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.
Trial :: Trial (n.) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc..
Physiological :: Physiological (a.) Of or pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the functions of living organism; as, physiological botany or chemistry..
Terminology :: Terminology (n.) The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry..
Micro-chemical :: Micro-chemical (a.) Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test..
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