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单词 chemo-statical
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chemo-statical
chemo-statical adj.
Brit. /ˌkiːməʊˈstatᵻkl/
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/ˌkɛməʊˈstatᵻkl/
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U.S. /ˌkimoʊˈstædək(ə)l/
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/ˌkɛmoʊˈstædək(ə)l/
(in form chymiostatical now historical) (in the terminology of Stephen Hales) relating to processes and experiments in the natural sciences which supposed air to be ‘fixed’, i.e. rendered inelastic when used for respiration by living organisms or otherwise incorporated into the substance of animate or inanimate objects.The process was considered to be reversed on exhalation, decomposition, etc.
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1727 S. Hales Veg. Staticks vi. 185 (heading) A Specimen of an attempt to analyze the Air by a great variety of Chymio-statical Experiments, which shew in how great a proportion Air is wrought into the Composition of Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Substances [etc].
2000 Isis 91 738 Heavily influenced by Newton, he was, in his ‘analysis of the air,’ guided both conceptually and in the choice of objects for his ‘chymio-statical’ experiments by the well-known query 31 of Newton's Opticks.
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