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chemurgy /ˈkɛməːdʒi /noun [mass noun] North AmericanThe chemical and industrial use of organic raw materials.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.
- There is still opportunity to exploit the chemurgy of formalin and develop new and higher priced adhesives and resins.
Derivativeschemurgic /kɛˈməːdʒɪk/ adjective ...- 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.
- 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.
Origin1930s: from chemo-, on the pattern of metallurgy. |