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xenochemistry

xenochemistry noun: the study of extraterrestrial chemistry.

Noun

xenochemistry (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of extraterrestrial chemistry.
    • The engineering scale shows “simple copy” at the biological “system or structure” level down to “xenochemistry of engineered systems” at the “molecular level.”2012, Norman M. Wereley, Janet M. Sater, Plants and Mechanical Motion: A Synthetic Approach to Nastic Materials and Structures

Origin of xenochemistry

From xeno- + chemistry.

Questions about xenochemistry

What does xenochemistry mean?
Xenochemistry means the study of extraterrestrial chemistry.
What part of speech is xenochemistry?
Xenochemistry is a noun.

Words near xenochemistry in the dictionary

  1. xenocentric
  2. xenocentricism
  3. xenocentrism
  4. xenochemical
  5. xenochemicals
  6. xenochemistry
  7. xenochimaeric
  8. xenochimera
  9. xenochimeras
  10. xenochimeric
  11. xenochronous

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