chemical
Noun · AdjectiveUS[kem-uh-kuhl]/ˈkɛməkəl/3 syllablesalso [kem-ih-kuhl] /ˈkɛmɪkəl/
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- relating to or used in chemistry“chemical engineer”“chemical balance”Synonyms: chemicRelating to chemical science
- of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes“chemical fertilizer”
Noun (1)chemicals
- material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or moleculesSynonyms: chemical substanceType of material, stuffKinds fraction, reactant, product, intermediate, carbon tetrahalide, compound, fertilizer, carrier, explosive, restrainer +14 more
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Translations
Adjective relating to chemistry
- Spanish
- químico
- French
- chimique
- German
- chemisch
- Italian
- chimico
- Portuguese
- químico
- Turkish
- kimyasal
- Russian
- хими́ческий ximíčeskij
- Arabic
- كِيمِيَائِيّ kīmiyāʔiyy
- Japanese
- 化学的 kagaku-teki
- Dutch
- chemisch
20 more languages
- Polish
- chemiczny
- Swedish
- kemisk
- Greek
- χημικός chimikós
- Indonesian
- kimiawi
- Hungarian
- kémiai
- Portuguese (PT)
- químico
- Catalan
- químic
- Czech
- chemický
- Danish
- kemisk
- Esperanto
- kemia
- Finnish
- kemiallinen
- Georgian
- ქიმიური kimiuri
- Hebrew
- כִימִי chími
- Kurdish
- kîmyewî
- Latvian
- ķīmisks
- Lithuanian
- cheminis
- Norwegian
- kjemisk
- Romanian
- chimic
- Serbo-Croatian
- kemijski
- Welsh
- cemegol
Noun any specific element or chemical compound
- German
- Chemikalie
- Italian
- composto chimico
- Portuguese
- substância química
- Turkish
- kimyasal
- Russian
- химика́т ximikát
- Chinese
- 化学物质 huàxué wùzhì
- Dutch
- chemicalie
- Swedish
- kemikalie
- Hungarian
- vegyszer
- Portuguese (PT)
- substância química
9 more languages
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 化學物質 huàxué wùzhí
- Czech
- chemikálie
- Esperanto
- ĥemiaĵo
- Finnish
- kemikaali
- Icelandic
- efni
- Kurdish
- kîmyewî
- Swahili
- kemikali
- Welsh
- cemegyn
- Yiddish
- כעמיקאַליע khemikalye
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Chem′ic·al adjective
Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.
Chemical attraction or Chemical affinity. See under Attraction.
Chem′ic·al noun
A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54