English

Pronunciation

\Chem"is*try\

Noun

chemistry

1. The branch of 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.
2. (as a modifier) Relating to or using chemistry.

   a chemistry lesson

3. An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.

   the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo

4. A treatise on chemistry.

Historical note

• This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled chy- or sometimes chi- (ie, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc. with pronunciation depending on the spelling.

Related terms

• chemical
• chemist
• applied chemistry
• inorganic chemistry
• organic chemistry
• physiological chemistry
• practical chemistry
• pure chemistry
• chemical equations

Translations

• Arabic: الكِيمْيَاء f
• Bulgarian: химия f (1)
• Catalan: química f (ca)
• Chinese: 化学 (huà xué)
• Czech: chemie f (1)
• Dutch: chemie f (1, 2), scheikunde f (1)
• Finnish: kemia
• French: chimie f (1, 2)
• German: Chemie f (de)
• Italian: chimica f
• Japanese: 化学 (かがく, kagaku)
• Polish: chemia f (1)
• Romanian: chimie f
• Slovak: chémia f (1)
• Spanish: química f
• Swedish: kemi c

See also

• Wikipedia article on chemistry