Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.
- n. informal, proscribed Any single substance, either compound or element
WordNet 3.0
- n. (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
Examples
“This is true, therefore, of man: the healthy body, he argued, is a sort of chemical compound in which these three principles are harmoniously blended (as in the Macrocosm) in due proportion, whilst disease is due to a preponderance of one principle, fevers, for example, being the result of an excess of sulphur (i.e. the fiery principle), etc.”
“An organic chemical compound that contains both an amine group and a carboxyl group; the unit of structure of proteins.”
“Off to the side, Gene Monahan was spraying Dent’s ankle with ethyl chloride, a chemical compound once used in leaded gasoline, more recently used as an inhalant drug during sex.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chemical compound’.
-
SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
-
IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
-
ENVI - Collocations ABC
An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
AA battery, aa lava, aapa mire, abandon the project, abandon the sewer..., abandoned car, abandoned dyke, abandoned farm, abandoned field, abandoned industr..., abandoned industr..., abandoned land and 5386 more...
-
[Open] Frequently confused and misused
Words that are often used to mean something other than what they mean to lexicographers.
apprehensible, immanent, eminent, seamen, venal, venial, brassiere, brassier, brasserie, brazier, brasier, elegy and 38 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for chemical compound.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.