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chemistry

chem·is·try

chemistry

 
 
pronunciation:
ke mih stri
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part of speech: noun
inflections: chemistries
definition 1: the science that studies the structures, functions, transformations, and interactions of basic elements, as, for example, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and sodium, as well as complex substances that combine basic elements.
Medical students are required to have an understanding of chemistry.
 
definition 2: chemical properties and phenomena.
We're studying the chemistry of proteins.Advances are being made in our knowledge of brain chemistry.
definition 3: the interaction between two or more people; rapport.
They tried to work together, but the chemistry was all wrong.
definition 4: any or all of the components of something.
They understood the chemistry of a successful business.
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