chemicallyadverb

chemical | American Dictionary

chemical
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkem·ɪ·kəl/
any basic substance that is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules:
His business manufactured farm chemicals.
chemical
adjective
us/ˈkem·ɪ·kəl/
of, involved with, relating to, or made by using chemicals or chemistry:
the chemical industry
a chemical plant producing plastics and rubber

chemically

adverbus/ˈkem·ɪk·li/
chemically treated paper

chemical | Business English

chemical
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkemɪkəl/us
any basic substance which is used in or produced by a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules:
The government has pledged to reduce the amount of chemicals used in food production.
Each year, factories release millions of tonnes of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere.
chemical
adjective
uk /ˈkemɪkəl/us
relating to chemicals:
The chemical industry produces such things as petrochemicals, drugs, paint, and rubber.

chemically

adverb
The fund provides money to clean up chemically polluted industrial sites.

Examples of chemical

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It is especially worth noting that in the market, the price of organic food is at least twice that of food treated with chemicals.
Her history of chemical theory refuses to isolate theory from the laboratory, the lecture hall, or the public and its philosophical interests.
Any given event may be described by referring to various levels of description, such as the physical, chemical, biological, psychological, and sociological.
To induce chemical reactions on these surfaces it is important to consider an energy source.
Recent years have seen considerable progress in the development of chemical self-replicating systems.
The cost of purpose-built manufacturing facilities and chemical synthesis are a critical barrier to the commercial development of many potential pesticides.
No reduction in chemical fertilizer use for potatoes and silage corn was observed and increased crop yields were unlikely.
Such a conclusion may have practical implications relating to chemical change in alloys.
Chickens' diseases are typically objects of prevention, mainly by mechanical distribution of chemicals throughout the entire flock.
However, cattle producers used to controlling tick infestations with chemical acaricides typically treat reactively.
The facility is used for different biological, chemical and aerodynamical experiments.
However, it is difficult to increase a signal which is specific to a single individual because of chemical mimicry.
It was demonstrated that by fixing the chemical potential the average number or concentration can be determined.
Many recent studies have demonstrated that astrocytes release chemical transmitters in a process termed gliotransmission.
Geochemical observations appear to mirror palaeontological data, thus possibly relating chemical changes within the carbon cycle to biotic evolution.
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Collocations withchemical

chemical

These are words often used in combination with chemical.

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agricultural chemical
Reducing soil erosion and agriculturalchemical losses with conservation tillage.
chemical application
For land preparation and irrigation; includes fertilizer and chemicalapplication and weeding.
chemical biology
His expertise is bioorganic and synthetic chemistry, especially in carbohydrate chemistry and chemical biology.
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