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noun
Any process in which reactants are changed into products by the breaking or creation of chemical bonds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chemical process, chemical action
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
Narrower terms: acylation, agglutination, agglutinating activity, amylolysis, association, bluing, blueing, calcification, catalysis, contact action, chelation, chemical reaction, reaction, chlorination, cleavage, corrosion, corroding, erosion, cracking, deamination, deaminization, decalcification, decarboxylation, de-iodination, demineralization, demineralisation, desalination, desalinization, desalinisation, digestion, dissociation, gasification, gassing, hydrogenation, intumescence, intumescency, swelling, inversion, iodination, mechanism, chemical mechanism, nitrification, peptization, peptisation, photosynthesis, polymerization, polymerisation, precipitation, proteolysis, pyrochemical process, pyrochemistry, sequestration, syneresis, synaeresis, synthesis, transamination, zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment
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