chemical reaction

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(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

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Every chemical reaction has a transition state. Derek Barton

Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year. Yakov Smirnoff

The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction. Wilhelm Ostwald

Nowadays, however, we recognize that simultaneously with the typical case of a chemical reaction a typical case of catalytic effect had been studied which constitutes a limiting case. Wilhelm Ostwald

When we meet an Imago match, that chemical reaction occurs, and love ignites. All other bets, all other ideas about what we want in a mate, are off. We feel alive and whole, confident that we have met the person who will make everything all right. Harville Hendrix

Virtually every chemical reaction in a cell occurs at a significant rate only because of the presence of enzymes. Albert L. Lehninger

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