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Contemporary Examples

"It's chemistry, not electronics", notes a commenter in this fascinating Straight Dope thread.

chemistry, in television history, generally means the man does not want to work with the woman, Curry has reportedly said.

Hopefully, it will be a little more gracious in delivery than the chemistry teacher we love to hate is capable of.

They learned to measure and count in better ways, and cracked the codes of physics, chemistry, and biology.

The linesby both actorsare delivered as if they were read from an off-camera teleprompter, and the chemistry is non-existent.

Historical Examples

One of the most remarkable phenomena of chemistry is that of isomerism.

They surely can do this if they are imbued with the spirit of the forefathersthe American spirit in chemistry.

He became specially interested in chemistry, to which in 1797 he began more exclusively to devote himself.

And what royalty does the discoverer get for this wonder of chemistry?

chemistry was for them a branch of natural science; of late years it has too much tended to degenerate into a handicraft.

British Dictionary definitions for chemistry Expand

the composition, properties, and reactions of a particular substance

the nature and effects of any complex phenomenon: the chemistry of humour

(informal) a reaction, taken to be instinctual, between two persons

C17: from earlier chimistrie, from chimistchemist

Word Origin and History for chemistry Expand

c.1600, "alchemy," from chemist + -ry; also see chemical (adj.). The meaning "natural physical process" is 1640s, and the scientific study not so called until 1788. The figurative sense of "instinctual attraction or affinity" is attested slightly earlier, from the alchemical sense.

chemistry in Medicine Expand

chemistry chemistry (km'-str) n. Abbr. chem.

The science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems.

The composition, structure, properties, and reactions of a substance.

chemistry in Science Expand

The scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of the chemical elements and the compounds they form.

The composition, structure, properties, and reactions of a substance.

chemistry in Culture Expand

The study of the composition, properties, and reactions of matter, particularly at the level of atoms and molecules.

Slang definitions & phrases for chemistry Expand

noun

Feelings between persons; attractions and repulsions, but mainly attractions: Miss McElderry feels the unusual chemistry between her and Mr Pfeiffer has been beneficial/ He also struck up what one aide calls ''instant chemistry'' with US Secretary of State George Shultz

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