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superchemical

superchemical adjective: above or beyond chemistry; not explainable by chemical laws.

Adjective

superchemical (comparative more superchemical, superlative most superchemical)

  1. Above or beyond chemistry; not explainable by chemical laws.
    • We trace physics and chemistry to a certain point, but as we pursue the investigation we find something superphysical and superchemical, or else a physics and a chemistry far higher than any we yet know.1895, Joseph LeConte, Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision

Forms of superchemical

comparativemore superchemical
superlativemost superchemical

Origin of superchemical

From super- + chemical.

Questions about superchemical

What does superchemical mean?
Superchemical means above or beyond chemistry; not explainable by chemical laws.
What part of speech is superchemical?
Superchemical is an adjective.

Words near superchemical in the dictionary

  1. superchatters
  2. superchatting
  3. supercheap
  4. superchef
  5. superchefs
  6. superchemical
  7. supercherie
  8. supercheries
  9. superchery
  10. superchiasmatic
  11. superchiasmic

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