| 释义 |
chem·is·try
\-trē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by Late Greek chēmeia alchemy) of earlier chimistry, chymistry, from chimist, chymist + -ry
1.
a. obsolete : alchemy
b. obsolete : iatrochemistry
c. : a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the transformations that they undergo — see inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry
2.
a. : the composition and chemical properties of a substance
< the chemistry of iron >
b. : chemical processes and phenomena (as of an organism)
< blood chemistry >
< the chemistry of fungi >
3.
a. : peculiar makeup
< the chemistry of modern diplomacy >
b. : agitation, unrest
< there was a chemistry in his blood stirring him on to write — E.A.Weeks >
c. : an often inexplicable or intangible function or process
< struggle against the chemistries … of desire and self-love — Bruce Marshall > |