chemical reaction
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- noun
- /ˈkɛmɪkəl rɪˈækʃən/
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reacción química
- When you mix baking soda and vinegar, a chemical reaction produces carbon dioxide bubbles.
- chemical reactions at the molecular
- inorganic chemical reactions
- complex chemical reactions
So our first prediction is that a chemical reaction should go faster when it's hotter.
- So our first prediction is that a chemical reaction should go faster when it's hotter.
- There they undergo chemical reactions which create the nucleotides.
- Is this trying to predict different chemical reactions?
- Well, we are sustained by oxygen, by this continuous chemical reaction.
- Mitochondria are parts of cells which can create energy from chemical reactions.
- That nice fresh grass smell is actually a chemical reaction that signals predators, humans.
- It's you know what it needs to reproduce itself just by chemical reaction, just by mechanics and physics.
- Or you cook for this long and the reason why you brown the meat is to get this chemical reaction take place, right?
Examples
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Eventually, the temperature becomes high enough that chemical reactions change the makeup of the gas.
Academic text (2011) -
My theory is that any strong emotion, like love or heartbreak, is nothing more than a series of chemical reactions in the brain.
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Or you cook for this long and the reason why you brown the meat is to get this chemical reaction take place, right?
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So yeah, it's, it's kind of a chemical reaction that happens in your eye.
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Now this is just an exercise to show that you can in principle take any chemical reaction and use it to move things.
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It's literally a chemical reaction.
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Baking is a chemical reaction!
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How do we interpret the present chemical reaction within the community and between the Church and society?
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Light contacting these cells creates a series of complex chemical reactions.
Academic text (2003) -
Love isn't an opinion, it's a chemical reaction.
Synonyms
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A process where substances change and form new substances
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Making a chemical by combining simpler substances
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A chemical reaction where one substance gives electrons and another receives them
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A process that changes the tiny particles that make a substance
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A process in which water breaks a substance into smaller parts that become new substances
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A chemical change that gives off heat to the area around it
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A process that turns one substance into a different one by changing its atoms or molecules
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A chemical change that takes in heat from the area around it
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A reaction where a more reactive element replaces a less reactive one in a compound
A process in which substances change into new substances, for example rusting or cooking
A chemical reaction where one compound breaks into two or more different substances
A reaction where one compound breaks into two or more simpler substances
Two compounds swap parts to make two new compounds
A reaction where an acid and a base make salt and water
A chemical reaction where one product makes the reaction happen faster
A chemical change in a living thing that proteins make happen faster
A reaction where two or more molecules join to make a ring
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines 'chemical' (relating to chemistry) with 'reaction' (a process or response), so its meaning — a process in which chemicals change — is directly compositional and derivable from the parts. This modifier+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g. reacción química, réaction chimique), so a B1 learner who knows both words will grasp the MWE.
Etymology
Chemical reaction gives a simple picture: a chemical is a substance and a reaction is what happens when things meet and change. Imagine two liquids mixing and making a new gas or a new colour—this image shows why it means 'a process where one substance changes into a different substance'.