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chemistry

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"Science of substances"

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɛm.ɪ.stɹi/Part of speech nounSorted cehimrstyStarts with CEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The science of substances, their properties, and their reactions.

Word origin

First coined 1605, from chemist + -ry. From chemist, chymist, from Latin alchimista, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from article اَل (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”).

Used in a sentence

  • Learning the very complicated chemistries necessary to reproduce reality into a picture using light
  • The aquatic chemistries of iron and manganese are similar; this “is reflected geologically in their common association in rocks of all kinds” (Bortleson and Lee, 1974).
  • But some microbes manage to move to new organs to get inside tumors. It’s possible that the particular chemistry inside a tumor, such as its level of oxygen, helps determine which microbes will thrive there.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Science of substances9 letters
02Study of substances9 letters

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