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Definition of chemurgy in English: chemurgynoun ˈkɛməːdʒiˈkemərjē mass nounNorth American The chemical and industrial use of organic raw materials. Example sentencesExamples - In early 1928 Ford became interested in a new agricultural concept - farm chemurgy, which put chemistry and allied sciences to work for agriculture.
- There is still opportunity to exploit the chemurgy of formalin and develop new and higher priced adhesives and resins.
- Known as chemurgy, the science lost much of its ‘reason for being’ after WWII when the petroleum industry redirected its attention from the war effort to commercial products.
- I think it's time to return to chemurgy, making plastics from cellulose and farm products.
- The laboratories might not have been authorized at all were it not for the influence of the chemurgy movement.
Derivatives adjective kɛˈməːdʒɪk North American In July, David Wright, University Intellectual Integrity Officer, will begin spending half days writing a history of the farm chemurgic movement from 1920 to 1955. Example sentencesExamples - They had a new idea, a chemurgic idea: besides the fiber, hemp could be a source of cellulose.
- These chemurgic works reflected his long-standing commitment to the use of farm carbohydrates as industrial feedstocks for plastics, paints, gasohol, and other commercially viable products.
Origin 1930s: from chemo-, on the pattern of metallurgy. Definition of chemurgy in US English: chemurgynounˈkemərjē North American The chemical and industrial use of organic raw materials. Example sentencesExamples - There is still opportunity to exploit the chemurgy of formalin and develop new and higher priced adhesives and resins.
- Known as chemurgy, the science lost much of its ‘reason for being’ after WWII when the petroleum industry redirected its attention from the war effort to commercial products.
- The laboratories might not have been authorized at all were it not for the influence of the chemurgy movement.
- I think it's time to return to chemurgy, making plastics from cellulose and farm products.
- In early 1928 Ford became interested in a new agricultural concept - farm chemurgy, which put chemistry and allied sciences to work for agriculture.
Origin 1930s: from chemo-, on the pattern of metallurgy. |