transcription, транскрипция: [ kemɪk(ə)l ]
( chemicals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
...chemical reactions that cause ozone destruction.
...the chemical composition of the ocean.
...chemical weapons.
ADJ : ADJ n
• chemi‧cal‧ly
...chemically treated foods...
The medicine chemically affects your physiology.
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj
2.
Chemicals are substances that are used in a chemical process or made by a chemical process.
The whole food chain is affected by the over-use of chemicals in agriculture.
...the chemical industry.
N-COUNT : usu pl