English noun: chemical reaction |
1. | chemical reaction (process) (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others |
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| Samples | There was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water.
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| Synonyms | reaction |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chemical action, chemical change, chemical process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | addition reaction, aldol reaction, chain reaction, chemical decomposition reaction, chemical equilibrium, decomposition, decomposition reaction, displacement, displacement reaction, double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, elimination reaction, endothermic reaction, equilibrium, exothermic reaction, hydrolysis, metathesis, neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction, oxidation, oxidation-reduction, oxidisation, oxidization, oxidoreduction, photochemical reaction, redox, reducing, reduction, saponification |
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| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry |
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