chemistrynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkem.ɪ.stri/us/ˈkem.ə.stri/chemistry noun [ U ] (SCIENCE)
the scientific study of the basic characteristics of substances and the ways in which they react or combine:
She studied chemistry and physics at college.
a chemistry department/laboratory
A2 the basic characteristics of a substance and the ways in which it reacts or combines with other substances:
A team of scientists has been studying the chemistry of the ozone layer.
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- I failed my physics exam, but I passed chemistry.
- He studied chemistry in preference to physics at university.
- As students of chemistry know, even small rearrangements of a molecule's structure can produce a compound that acts differently.
- Marie Curie was the woman behind enormous changes in the science of chemistry.
- I was up all night studying, but it was worth it - I aced my chemistry final.
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Chemistry - general words
- acceptor
- allotrope
- amphiprotic
- amphoteric
- atomic
- atomicity
- balanced equation
- catalyst
- chemical equation
- electrolyte
- equation
- inorganic chemistry
- ionic bond
- nonelectrolyte
- organic chemistry
- reactivity
- solute
- stably
- substrate
- the nitrogen cycle
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chemistry noun [ U ] (RELATIONSHIP)
informal a quality that exists when two people understand and are attracted to each other:
The sexual chemistry between them was obvious.
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Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- arrest
- attract
- attraction
- charm offensive
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- glitter
- magnet
- pull
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduce
- seduction
- spell
- tickle
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