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Chemical

adjective

Relating to or used in chemistry. Synonym: chemic. "Chemical balance"

Of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes.

noun

Material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules. Synonym: chemical substance.

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... resin-ducts, each with a border of cells, corresponding in appearance and in chemical reaction with the cells of the hypoderm and with thinner or thicker walls. With reference to the green tissue the foliar duct may be ...

— The Genus Pinus • George Russell Shaw

... request of the Swiss Engineers' and Architects' Union. For its preparation numerous mechanical tests have been made upon steel rails, both good and bad, taken from the Swiss railways, while the corresponding chemical analyses have been made by Dr. Treadwell in the Polytechnic Laboratory, at Zurich. The results are given for twenty-two examples, about one-half of which have stood well, while the remainder have either broken, split, or suffered considerable ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 • Various

... fowl was tested by cooking for flavor, succulence, and tenderness. The other half was carefully prepared for chemical analysis by separating the meat from the bones. The flesh was thoroughly mixed and run through a sausage cutter, mixed again, and the process repeated three times. From different parts of this mixture a large sample was taken, from which the ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 • Various

... deadly linotype. For dinner there would be pot roast, a salad flavored with a dressing warranted not to crack or injure the leather, stewed rhubarb and the bottle of strawberry marmalade blushing at the certificate of chemical purity on its label. After dinner Katy would show him the new patch in her crazy quilt that the iceman had cut for her off the end of his four-in-hand. At half-past seven they would spread newspapers over the furniture to catch the pieces of plastering ...

— The Trimmed Lamp • O. Henry

... want to mention that this is your inning," said the Harvester. "Find out if you are essential to the Girl's happiness as soon as you can, and the day she tells me so, I will file her petition and take a trip to the city to study some little chemical quirks that bother me. ...

— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter

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