What is the difference between alchemical and chemical?
alchemical | chemical |
(label) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
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, title= Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
(label) Of or relating to alchemy.
Of or relating to chemistry.
Of or relating to a material or processes not commonly found in nature or in a particular product.
Any specific chemical element or chemical compound.
(label) An artificial chemical compound.
(label) An addictive drug.
Alchemical is a related term of chemical.
As a adjective chemical is
(obsolete) of or relating to alchemy.As a noun chemical is
(chemistry|sciences) any specific chemical element or chemical compound.alchemical
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* alchemicAdjective
(-)Magician’s brain, passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.}}
chemical
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* technochemicalExternal links
* (Chemistry)Noun
(en noun)- I color my hair with henna, not chemicals .