kemistri

Cebuano

Etymology

From English chemistry, from chemist, chymist, from Latin alchimista, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء‎ (al-kīmiyāʾ), from article اَل‎ (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “I pour”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ke‧mis‧tri

Noun

kemistri

  1. 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
  2. an application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance
  3. the mutual attraction between two people; rapport

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:kemistri.

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