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chemurgy chiefly U.S.|ˈkɛmɜːdʒɪ|
[f. chemo- + -urgy after metallurgy.]
The chemical and industrial use of organic raw materials, esp. of farm products. So cheˈmurgic, -ˈurgical adjs.; cheˈmurgically adv.; ˈchemurgist, one who is skilled in chemurgy.
1934W. J. Hale Farm Chemurgic 141 Chemurgy signifies an intelligent working with and for chemicals. Ibid. 145 Chemurgical development of newsprint from young pine. Ibid. 146 Chemurgical development of cellulose must ever surpass all other developments. Ibid. 190 Chemurgically speaking, this is the way of all nature. 1936Amer. Speech XI. 274/1 Chemurgy, meaning progress through chemistry, a word not yet in current dictionaries, is gaining in use. 1937J. A. Widtsoe in Pacific Northwest Chemurgic Conference with Washington State Planning Council 56 The objective of Chemurgy is development of crops that may be used in factories. 1939C. Borth Pioneers of Plenty i. i. 21 Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, the chemurgist..declared that one of the big jobs to be done..is the huge task of converting farm products to industrial use. 1939Industr. & Engin. Chem. XXXI. 540 Farm chemurgy is defined as putting chemistry to work for the farm. Ibid. 543/2 The direct chemurgic objectives are new uses for present crops, new crops for existing [ones], [etc.]. 1969N. W. Pirie Food Resources iv. 122 Processes of this type are sometimes referred to as ‘chemurgy’; ‘biochemical engineering’ seems a preferable term. |