chemical compound

collocation in English

meaningsofchemicalandcompound

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chemical
adjective
uk
/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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compound
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒm.paʊnd/us
/ˈkɑːm.paʊnd/
chemistryspecialized
a chemical that combines two or ...
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(Definition ofchemicalandcompoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Here we have the most important aspects of the concept of thechemicalcompound.
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The concept ofchemicalcompoundis basic to modern chemistry and is reflected in theories of the composition and transformation of chemical substances.
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A method which played a significant role in the development of the concept of thechemicalcompound, was the extraction of copper through cementation.
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It was this revolutionized commercial practice that initiated a process of reflection from which the concept of thechemicalcompoundemerged.
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The development of the idea of producing artifacts and the emergence of the first ideas of thechemicalcompoundare closely related.
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Fruiting frequency was not significantly correlated with anychemicalcompound.
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This suggests that young leaves may contain higher concentration of somechemicalcompoundwhich induces recruitment.
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The first ideas of thechemicalcompounddiscussed by the authors of chemical-pharmaceutical works during the seventeenth century referred to precisely such products, which were viewed as artifacts.
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The modern concept of thechemicalcompoundwas essentially the product of a consideration of the chemical operations of analysis and synthesis performed in the metallurgical and pharmaceutical trades.
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The idea of conservation inherent in the concept of thechemicalcompoundshares with the seventeenth-century mechanical corpuscular theory that both assume the conservation of particles or corpuscles.
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This common feature of all variants of the idea of thechemicalcompoundcan well be illuminated by comparison with the mechanical corpuscular theory of the seventeenth century.
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In this case achemicalcompound(in the contemporary sense), a silver or gold amalgam, is produced, which is then heated to separate the mercury from the silver or gold.
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Thus, whereas onechemicalcompounddid show significant differences among parent trees, overall, chemical compounds and their compositions in dipterocarp seeds did not differ widely among individual trees within species.
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Emissions of heavy metals into the atmosphere are not speciated by individualchemicalcompoundtype.
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Their use in the study in question was to collect safety data about achemicalcompoundstill in use.
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I refer to achemicalcompoundcalled poly-chlorinated biphenyl.
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They behave to me like atoms in achemicalcompound.
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It does not mean a mixture; it means one substance, achemicalcompound.
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