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chemical compounds

chemical compounds is the plural of chemical compound.

Meaning of chemical compound

Noun

chemical compound (plural chemical compounds)

  1. Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.
  2. (informal, proscribed) Any single substance, either compound or element.
    Synonyms:
    chemical, compound

Questions about chemical compounds

What is chemical compounds the plural of?
Chemical compounds is the plural of chemical compound.

Words near chemical compounds in the dictionary

  1. chemical clock
  2. chemical clocks
  3. chemical composition
  4. chemical compositions
  5. chemical compound
  6. chemical compounds
  7. chemical cosh
  8. chemical coshes
  9. chemical decomposition
  10. chemical decompositions
  11. chemical defense

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