The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substancewhereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction;affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemicalactivity or relationship.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/17629/chemismRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 05:22:50 GMTWed, 22 Mar 2017 02:42:09 GMT60In early use: †a chemical energy or process thought to be responsible for the formation of new compounds (obsolete). Later: chemical action, behaviour, or activity.

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