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chemical property

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: property

Narrower terms: volatility

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 化學性質 /化学性质 (faa3 hok6 sing3 zat1) — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 化學性質 /化学性质 (huàxué xìngzhì, huàxué xìngzhí) — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • Czech: chemická vlastnost — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • Finnish: kemiallinen ominaisuus — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • French: propriété chimique — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • German: chemische Eigenschaft — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • German: chemische Stoffeigenschaft — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • Hindi: रासायनिक गुण (rāsāyanik guṇ) — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • Hungarian: kémiai tulajdonság — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction
  • Polish: właściwość chemiczna — any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction