(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

plural of chemistry

The branch of soil science that deals with the chemical properties, constituents and reactions within soils.

(chemistry) The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.

(chemistry) The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond).

(chemistry) the chemistry of coordination compounds

(chemistry) The synthesis of a large number of structurally related compounds, especially in the pharmaceutical industry in an attempt to produce improved drugs.

(chemistry) the chemistry of organometallic compounds; their preparation, structure and reactions

(chemistry) The study of the effects of isotopic substitution on chemical compounds, especially on the kinetics of their reactions.

(chemistry, physics) The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems.