(uncountable) The branch of naturalscience that deals with the composition and constitution ofsubstances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of theirmolecules.
(countable) Anapplication of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
1979 December 29, Tia Cross, “Lesbian Family Album”, inGay Community News, volume 7, number23, page14:
Learning the very complicatedchemistries necessary to reproduce reality into a picture using light
1984, North American Lake Management Society,Lake and Reservoir Management: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference, page250:
The aquaticchemistries of iron and manganese are similar; this “is reflected geologically in their common association in rocks of all kinds” (Bortleson and Lee, 1974).
2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, inThe New York Times[1]:
But some microbes manage to move to new organs to get inside tumors. It’s possible that the particularchemistry inside a tumor, such as its level of oxygen, helps determine which microbes will thrive there.
The on-screenchemistry between the lead actors led many viewers to believe they were a couple in real life.
The coach attributed their losses to poor teamchemistry.
2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, inThe Athletic[2]:
He and[Dennis] Schröder developing pick-and-rollchemistry will certainly be an objective.[Markieff] Morris has a tendency to linger around the mid-range area after setting ball screens, but when he’s popping beyond the 3-point line, he can hurt defenses.
Historical note: This word and its derivatives were formerly spelledchy- or sometimeschi- (i.e.,chymistry,chymist,chymical,etc., orchimistry,chimist,chimical, etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.
Chymistry is now sometimes used specifically to refer to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century chemistry, when it was not yet fully distinct from alchemy.
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