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chemistry

chemistry

219 3.0
A science that studies what things are made of and how they change
  • noun
  • /ˈkɛmɪstri/
translation icon : química
  • In high school, I learned about the basic principles of chemistry, including reactions and compounds.
  • introductory chemistry
  • a chemistry course
  • a chemistry class

So I love teaching chemistry and I love dogs.

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Examples

  • I studied chemistry in Sweden!

  • I'm a fourth year chemistry student at USF.

  • Got my first chemistry set when I was seven.

  • Took some chemistry in high school.

  • This is pure chemistry, kind of easy science.

  • You know, you make fun of me, but I had to pass organic chemistry to get in.

  • I wanted to finish what I had dreamed of since taking chemistry in high school.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The class met at 1:00 PM in the chemistry building, which was on my way across campus.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We've had some chemistry professor from Chicago, who's been calling and writing.

  • I've been having some trouble in chemistry, and Talia talks through the whole class.

Compounds

organic chemistry
  • Specialized
5 3.7

The study of carbon compounds and how they react

A room where people do chemistry experiments and teach chemistry

A part of a university or college where people teach and study chemistry

physical chemistry
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Study of how chemicals behave and change using physics and math

A part of a university that teaches and studies chemistry

inorganic chemistry
  • Specialized
1 4.2

The study of materials like metals and salts not based on carbon

chemistry laboratory
  • Specialized
3.5

A room for doing experiments with chemicals for teaching or research

4.1

The study of chemicals and how they help grow crops and care for soil

A good connection between two people that helps them get along

nuclear chemistry
  • Specialized
3.8

The study of radioactive materials and reactions in atomic nuclei

surface chemistry
  • Specialized
5.8

The part of science that studies how substances act where two materials meet, like liquid and air

How Specialized

neurochemistry
  • Specialized
2 5.3
biochemistry
  • Specialized
23 4.2
chemistry
219 3.0
science
2.3

Surface Forms

chemistry singular
chemistries plural

Morphology

chemistry = chemist (transparent) = chemist + ry

Formed from the noun 'chemist' plus the productive suffix '-ry' that names a practice or field, so the derivation is clear.

Etymology

Chemistry comes from the old word alchemy, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', which meant 'the art of change' when people mixed metals and other materials. So modern chemistry is the science of what matter is and how it changes.