chemical process
- noun
- Specialized
- Virtually all known non-biological chemical processes produce equal amounts of right- and left-handed amino acids.
- chemical processes convert
- chemical process that produces
- using a chemical process
They use light to convert into energy, to produce and and run all the chemical processes, all the life processes that make them grow.
- They use light to convert into energy, to produce and and run all the chemical processes, all the life processes that make them grow.
- Can we engage in processes, chemical processes, to rearrange these things, which is not so stupid after all.
- The second reason is similar to what happens in Earth, ozone is formed from the same chemical processes, photochemistry.
- We're looking for some liquid that that life can use to make its the stuff it needs to carry out its chemical processes and reactions.
- You know, the chemical processes in in, in the brain are, are vary so much from human to human.
Examples
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Comets may even contain complex organic molecules fundamental to the chemical processes leading to life.
Academic text (1992) -
The application of the chlorate chemical process to treat Rio Grande River water worked well.
Academic text (1998) -
All life is a physical and chemical process, correct?
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But it is all part of the chemical process.
Blog text (19) -
This conversation is occurring because all sorts of chemical processes are at work in me and in you.
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Experts continue to explore the complex chemical processes involved in the creation of ozone.
Academic text (1996) -
All that's going on is a simple chemical process of replication, not expressing the gene it's replacing or duplicating.
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But a number of substances oxidize; that is to say, they combine with oxygen in the air in a chemical process, like rust on unprotected iron or steel.
Fiction book (1991) -
According to the researchers at Johns Hopkins University (2009), the process of detecting DNA methylation begins by using a chemical process called bisulfite conversion.
Academic text (2011) -
Experts continue to explore the complex chemical processs involved in the creation of ozone.
Synonyms
A process where substances change and form new substances
A change where substances turn into different substances
A process that turns one substance into a different one by changing its atoms or molecules
A process in which substances change into new substances, for example rusting or cooking
How Complex
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'chemical' (relating to chemistry or reactions) modifies 'process' (a sequence of steps or changes), yielding a process involving chemical changes. This modifier + noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Chemical process joins chemical (about substances) and process (a set of steps); imagine mixing vinegar and baking soda or dough turning into bread, where the materials change inside in their tiny parts. So, chemical process means 'a series of changes in what a substance is made of'.