chemical substance

Noun

Meaning

material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules

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Synonyms

chemical atom building block hormone chemical element chemical bond chemical compound chemical agent inorganic compound chemical species chemicals biomolecule chemical connection molecular entity chemical component

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Hypernyms

material stuff

Hyponyms

intermediate alar product developer carrier compound

Examples

Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three. Asa Gray

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