chemistry department

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meaningsofchemistryanddepartment

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chemistry
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkem.ɪ.stri/us
/ˈkem.ə.stri/
the scientific study of the basic characteristics of substances and the ways in which they react ...
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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition ofchemistryanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thechemistrydepartmentat my little university has just shut.
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In 1956, he was appointed chairman of thechemistrydepartment.
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There is a proteinchemistrydepartmentfor mass spectrometry experiments.
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From 1986 to 1991, he returned to thechemistrydepartment.
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I have noticed it working inside a university, in charge of a largechemistrydepartmentwith a number of technical staff of all grades.
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Thechemistrydepartment, which is one of the most important in this country, has struggled for years under utterly cramped and inadequate conditions.
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He was responsible for the construction of a newchemistrydepartmentwhich he became head of.
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He became a postdoctoral fellow at thechemistrydepartmentin the same place the same year.
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All research facilities had achemistrydepartmentand analytical analysis was done by wet chemistry methods.
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The bottom level holds the visual arts department,chemistrydepartmentand a general sciences department.
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I was very anxious that if possible thechemistrydepartmentshould in some way be involved with the major industry of the city in which we were situated.
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It is famous for itschemistrydepartment, which conducts vigorous research in various areas of experimental chemistry.
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In 1978 a major fire, which broke out in the upper school'schemistrydepartmentstoreroom, exacerbated the situation by seriously damaging many classrooms.
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He became a professor and head of thechemistrydepartment, separating and identifying rare earth elements by fractional precipitation and crystallization.
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The school's original library which now houses classrooms and a reading room is named for him, as well as endowed chairs in the school'schemistrydepartment.
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