chemistry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.
Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.
Medieval Latin alchēmia
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Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
New Latin chimiabor.
Middle French chymie
French chimie
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istabor.
French -iste
French chimistebor.
English chemist
Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye
English -ry
English chemistry
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”).
Base: chemist
Affixes: -ry
Inflected forms:
form: chemistries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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).
gloss: The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: The on-screen chemistry between the lead actors led many viewers to believe they were a couple in real life.
The coach attributed their losses to poor team chemistry.
He and [Dennis] Schröder developing pick-and-roll chemistry 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.
gloss: A blood test to measure the amount of various components of the serum (such as electrolytes, creatinine, and glucose).
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
proscribed
sometimes
examples: Diagnosis is presumptive by history and physical examination and is confirmed by chemistries.
Synonyms: chemistry
Related words: alchemy
chemical
chemical equation
chemist
chemical substance
chemical element
chemical compound
chemical property
molecule
atom
chemical bond
chemical reaction
:Category:Chemistry
Derived words: actinochemistry
agrochemistry
analytical chemistry
applied chemistry
astrochemistry
atmochemistry
bacteriochemistry
biochemistry
biogeochemistry
bucket chemistry
carbochemistry
chemistry read
click chemistry
clinical biochemistry
clinical chemistry
combinatorial chemistry
computational chemistry
coordination chemistry
cosmochemistry
cryochemistry
crystallochemistry
cytochemistry
dendrochemistry
ecochemistry
electrochemistry
endochemistry
exochemistry
femtochemistry
fluorochemistry
galactochemistry
geochemistry
glaciochemistry
glycochemistry
green chemistry
hadrochemistry
haematochemistry
heliochemistry
hematochemistry
histochemistry
hydrochemistry
hydrogenochemistry
hydrogeochemistry
iatrochemistry
immunochemistry
immunocytochemistry
immunohistochemistry
inorganic chemistry
isotopic chemistry
legal chemistry
limnochemistry
lipochemistry
lithochemistry
macrochemistry
magnetochemistry
materials chemistry
mechanochemistry
medicinal chemistry
membrane mimetic chemistry
metachemistry
metallobiochemistry
metallochemistry
meteorochemistry
microchemistry
mineralochemistry
nanochemistry
necrochemistry
neurobiochemistry
neurochemistry
nitrochemistry
nonchemistry
nuclear chemistry
nucleochemistry
oceanochemistry
oenochemistry
oleochemistry
organic chemistry
organometallic chemistry
oxy-chemistry
palaeogeochemistry
pedochemistry
petrochemistry
petrolochemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
pharmacochemistry
photochemistry
photoelectrochemistry
photomechanochemistry
physical chemistry
physicochemistry
physiochemistry
physiological chemistry
phytochemistry
piezochemistry
plasmochemistry
pneumochemistry
polychemistry
polymer chemistry
practical chemistry
protochemistry
psychochemistry
pure chemistry
pyrochemistry
quantum chemistry
radiation chemistry
radiochemistry
regiochemistry
Reppe chemistry
selenochemistry
semiochemistry
sialochemistry
silico-chemistry
sociochemistry
soil biochemistry
soil chemistry
solid-state chemistry
sonochemistry
spectrochemistry
spectroelectrochemistry
stereochemistry
suprachemistry
thanatochemistry
thermochemistry
topochemistry
toxicochemistry
tribochemistry
virochemistry
wet chemistry
xenochemistry
xylochemistry
zoöchemistry
zoochemistry
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