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  1. Chemical Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    CHEMICAL meaning: 1 : of or relating to chemistry; 2 : working by means of chemicals

  2. Chemistry | Definition, Topics, Types, History, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 26, 2025 · Cooking, fermentation, glass making, and metallurgy are all chemical processes that date from the beginnings of civilization. Today, vinyl, Teflon, liquid crystals, semiconductors, and …

  3. Chemical compound | Definition, Examples, & Types | Britannica

    Dec 16, 2025 · All the matter in the universe is composed of the atoms of more than 100 different chemical elements, which are found both in pure form and combined in chemical compounds.

  4. Chemical Products Portal | Britannica

    Chemical Products Although nature provides us with a staggering amount of natural resources, humankind has also made use of a great variety of man-made compounds and substances.

  5. Chemical element | Definition, Origins, Distribution, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 9, 2026 · A chemical element is any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is …

  6. Acetone | Structure, Uses, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 9, 2026 · Acetone, organic solvent of industrial and chemical significance, the simplest and most important of the aliphatic (fat-derived) ketones. Pure acetone is a colorless, somewhat aromatic, …

  7. The Chemical Brothers | Members, Career, Music, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 11, 1971 · The Chemical Brothers, a British deejay-producer duo who pioneered the big beat dance music genre in the 1990s with such singles as ‘Chemical Beats,’ ‘Block Rockin’ Beats,’ ‘Loops of …

  8. Chemical weapon | Convention, Definition, List, World War I, World …

    In modern warfare, chemical weapons were first used in World War I (1914–18). Like nuclear and biological weapons, chemical weapons are often classified as weapons of mass destruction.

  9. Periodic table | Definition, Elements, Names, Symbols, Groups, Charges ...

    Dec 22, 2025 · Periodic table, in chemistry, is an organized array of all the chemical elements in order of increasing atomic number. When the elements are thus arranged, there is a recurring pattern in …

  10. Comical Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    COMICAL meaning: causing laughter especially by being unusual or unexpected