As a noun chemistry
is (uncountable) the branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
chemistry
Noun
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
- the chemistry of iron
- the chemistry of indigo
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
Usage notes
* Historical note:'' This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled ''chy-'' or sometimes ''chi-'' (''i.e.'', ''chymistry'', ''chymist'', ''chymical'', ''etc.'', or ''chimistry'', ''chimist'', ''chimical , etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.
Meronyms
* See also
Derived terms
(terms derived from chemistry)
* actinochemistry
* agrochemistry
* applied chemistry
* astrochemistry
* atmochemistry
* bacteriochemistry, bacterio-chemistry
* biochemistry
* biogeochemistry
* bucket chemistry
* carbochemistry
* click chemistry
* clinical biochemistry
* clinical chemistry
* combinatorial chemistry
* computational chemistry
* coordination chemistry
* cosmochemistry
* cryochemistry
* cytochemistry
* dendrochemistry
* ecochemistry
* electrochemistry
* endochemistry
* exochemistry
* femtochemistry
* fluorochemistry
* galactochemistry
* geochemistry
* glycochemistry
* haematochemistry
* heliochemistry
* histochemistry
* hydrochemistry
* hydrogenochemistry
* hydrogeochemistry
* iatrochemistry
* immunochemistry
* immunocytochemistry
* immunohistochemistry
* inorganic chemistry
* isotopic chemistry
* limnochemistry, limno-chemistry
* lipochemistry
* lithochemistry
* macrochemistry
* magnetochemistry
* mechanochemistry
* medicinal chemistry
* membrane mimetic chemistry
* metallobiochemistry
* meteorochemistry
* microchemistry
* mineralochemistry
* nanochemistry
* neurobiochemistry
* neurochemistry
* nitrochemistry
* nonchemistry
* nuclear chemistry
* nucleochemistry
* oceanochemistry
* oleochemistry
* organic chemistry
* organochemistry, organo-chemistry
* organometallic chemistry
* oxy-chemistry
* palaeogeochemistry
* pedochemistry
* petrochemistry
* petrolochemistry
* pharmacochemistry
* photochemistry
* photoelectrochemistry
* photomechanochemistry
* physical chemistry
* physiological chemistry
* phytochemistry
* piezochemistry
* plasmochemistry
* pneumochemistry
* polychemistry
* practical chemistry
* pure chemistry
* pyrochemistry
* quantum chemistry
* radiation chemistry
* radiochemistry
* regiochemistry
* selenochemistry
* semiochemistry
* silico-chemistry
* sociochemistry
* soil biochemistry
* soil chemistry
* sonochemistry
* spectrochemistry
* spectroelectrochemistry
* stereochemistry
* thermochemistry
* toxicochemistry, toxico-chemistry
* virochemistry
* wet chemistry
* xenochemistry
* xylochemistry
*
* zoochemistry
Related terms
(terms related to chemistry)
* alchemy
* chemical
* chemical equation
* chemist
x
Translingual
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wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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, page=X
, NATO=X-ray
, Morse=–··–
, Character=X
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Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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