chemistry noun [ U ] (SCIENCE)
› the scientific study of the basic characteristics of substances and the ways in which they react or combine:
a chemistry department/laboratory
A2 the basic characteristics of a substance and the ways in which it reacts or combines with other substances:
A team of scientists has been studying the chemistry of the ozone layer.
More examples
- I failed my physics exam, but I passed chemistry.
- He studied chemistry in preference to physics at university.
- As students of chemistry know, even small rearrangements of a molecule's structure can produce a compound that acts differently.
- Marie Curie was the woman behind enormous changes in the science of chemistry.
- I was up all night studying, but it was worth it - I aced my chemistry final.
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