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Chemical reaction   /kˈɛməkəl riˈækʃən/   Listen
Chemical reaction

noun
1.
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others.  Synonym: reaction.



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"Chemical reaction" Quotes from Famous Books



... been substituted, at least, as our experiments demonstrates, we may recognize, by some effects which are manifest on the surface of the altered paper, the places where the criminal act has been performed, circumscribe them by a simple chemical reaction visible to the least practiced eye, and even measure their extent. In a word, the visible alterations produced on a deed are susceptible, owing to the partial modifications which the surface of the paper has undergone, of being differently affected by certain chemical ...
— Forty Centuries of Ink • David N. Carvalho
... a moment suggest that we can use precisely the same kind of thinking in dealing with the quandaries of mankind that we use in problems of chemical reaction and mechanical adjustment. Exact scientific results, such as might be formulated in mechanics, are, of course, out of the question. It would be unscientific to expect to apply them. I am not advocating any particular method ...
— The Mind in the Making - The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform • James Harvey Robinson


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