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Noun: chemistry  ke-mis-tree
  1. The science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    - chemical science
     
  2. The chemical composition and properties of a substance or object
    "the chemistry of soil"
     
  3. The way two individuals relate to each other
    "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "their interpersonal chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other";
    - interpersonal chemistry, alchemy

Derived forms: chemistries

Type of: natural science, social relation, substance

Encyclopedia: Chemistry, a European Journal