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chemical

[kem-i-kuhl] / ˈkɛm ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
concerned with atom and molecule change
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A Met Police chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear team has been seen near the park's bandstand.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In batteries, lithium easily moves between different chemical states, allowing it to store and release energy efficiently.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

Each double helix contains vast arrays of chemical subunits that function like the zeroes and ones in a computer program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Still, sales of chemical products fell for the month to the lowest level since last July, in part with a pullback in pharmaceutical and medicine sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Genes had been described as “particles of heredity,” but that description carried no information about what that “particle” was in a chemical or physical sense.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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