combination combining compounding a | the act of combining things to form a new whole |
chemical analysis qualitative analysis | the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements |
quantitative analysis quantitative chemical analysis | chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance |
chemical terrorism | terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare, can undermine the personal security of citizens, a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced |
combination | the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order |
chemical engineering | the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems |
chemical defense chemical defence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents |
chemical warfare chemical operations | warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy |
vertical integration vertical combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution |
horizontal integration horizontal combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level |
analytical balance chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
chemical bomb gas bomb | a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
chemical reactor | an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction |
chemical weapon | chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants |
combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
combination plane | a woodworking plane that has interchangeable cutters of various shapes |
chemical property | a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity |
equilibrium law law of chemical equilibrium | (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction |
chemistry chemical science r | the science of matter, the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
chemical engineering | the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes |
Chemical Weapons Convention | a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons |
chemical notation | a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry |
formula chemical formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements |
combination salad | containing meat or chicken or cheese in addition to greens and vegetables |
combination | an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) |
combination in restraint of trade | (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States) |
chemical industry | the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW | international organization for chemical disarmament, administers the Chemical Weapons Convention |
combination | a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose, they were a winning combination |
combination | a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock, he forgot the combination to the safe |
combination | a coordinated sequence of chess moves |
chain chemical chain | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
chemical phenomenon | any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) |
affinity chemical attraction | the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule, basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk |
chemical bond bond | an electrical force linking atoms |
chemical energy | that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction |
chemical equilibrium equilibrium | a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates |
chemical process chemical change chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
chemical reaction reaction | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others, there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water |
decomposition decomposition reaction chemical decomposition reaction | (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance |
mechanism chemical mechanism | the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction, he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions |
latent diabetes chemical diabetes | a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures |
group radical chemical group | (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule |
chemical element element | any of the more than known substances (of which occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
chemical agent | an agent that produces chemical reactions |
chemical chemical substance | material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules |
compound chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
Mace Chemical Mace | (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person, prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization |
chemical irritant | a substance producing irritation |