chemical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to chemistry.
Of or relating to a material or processes not commonly found in nature or in a particular product.
Of or relating to alchemy.

noun

Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy.
An artificial chemical compound.
An addictive drug.

Pronunciation

kĕm'ĭk-əl /ˈkɛm.ɪ.kəl/ en-us-chemical.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-chemical.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chemical.wav

Word forms

chemical chemicals

Etymology

From New Latin chēmicus + -al.

Related words

Derived words

actinochemical aerochemical agrochemical allelochemical allochemical antichemical astrochemical baryochemical biochemical biophysicochemical bio-physico-chemical carbochemical chemical abortion chemical affinity chemical agent chemical beam epitaxy chemical biology chemical bomb chemical bond chemical burn chemical car chemical castration chemical cell chemical change chemical clock chemical composition chemical cosh chemical database chemical decomposition chemical defense chemical dependency chemical dermatitis chemical ecology chemical element chemical energy chemical engine chemical engineer chemical engineering chemical equation chemical equilibrium chemicalese chemical fingerprint chemical flux chemical formula chemical-free chemical genomics chemical hazard chemical hood chemical horn chemical imbalance chemical indicator chemical industry chemicalization chemicalize chemical kinetics chemical laser chemical law chemical lithosphere chemically chemical messenger

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