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chem

chem

26 7.8
A school subject about substances and how they react
  • noun
  • /kɛm/
  • Informal
translation icon : química
  • I have a chem test tomorrow.
  • Toxicol Chem
  • Chem Biol
  • Anal Chem

But then I was also taking AP Physics, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Calculus and killing it on those exams as well.

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Synonyms

chemistry
vschem
45 3.0

What a substance is made of and how it behaves

serves as an informal short name for the academic subject rather than materials

Compounds

5 2.3

A room where students do chemistry experiments at school or college

Surface Forms

chem singular
chems plural

Etymology

Chem is an informal short form of chemistry, a word that grew from the old idea of alchemy, which was about 'mixing' and changing materials. So when students say 'chem' they mean the science that studies substances and how they change.