Chemistry Definition

kĕmĭ-strē
chemistries
noun
chemistries
The science dealing with the composition and properties of substances, and with the reactions by which substances are produced from or converted into other substances.
Webster's New World
The application of this to a specified subject or field of activity.
Webster's New World
The chemical properties, composition, reactions, and uses of a substance.
Webster's New World
The elements of a complex entity and their dynamic interrelation.
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Any process of synthesis or analysis similar to that used in chemistry.
The chemistry of wit.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chemistry

Noun

Singular:
chemistry
Plural:
chemistries

Origin of Chemistry

  • First coined 1605. From chemist, chymist, from Latin alchimista, from Arabic الكيمياء (al-kīmiyāʾ), from article ال- (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeia, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khuma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumos, “juice”), from χέω (kheō, “I pour”).

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