Chemistry meaning

What does “chemistry” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“chemistry” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions.

chemistry

noun

  1. the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

  2. the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object

    “the chemistry of soil”

  3. the way two individuals relate to each other

    “their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other”

    “a mysterious alchemy brought them together”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University