"chemical compound" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chemical compounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chemical compound (plural chemical compounds)
  1. (chemistry) Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements): kemiallinen yhdiste (Finnish), composé chimique [masculine] (French), corps composé [masculine] (French), composto químico [masculine] (Galician), ქიმიური ნაერთი (kimiuri naerti) (Georgian), chemische Verbindung [feminine] (German), χημική ένωση (chimikí énosi) [feminine] (Greek), senyawa kimia (Indonesian), composto chimico (Italian), химиялык кошунду (himiyalık koşundu) (Kyrgyz), sebatian kimia (Malay), związek chemiczny [masculine] (Polish), composto químico [masculine] (Portuguese), compus chimic [masculine] (Romanian), хими́ческое соедине́ние (ximíčeskoje sojedinénije) [neuter] (Russian), сло́жное вещество́ (slóžnoje veščestvó) [neuter] (Russian), kémījskī spȏj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), compuesto químico (Spanish), สมการเคมี (sà-má-gaan-kee-mii) (Thai), hợp chất (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-chemical_compound-en-noun-TMD3HeBm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements': 66 34
  2. (informal, proscribed) Any single substance, either compound or element Tags: informal, proscribed Synonyms: chemical, chemical compound, compound Hypernyms: chemical substance Hyponyms: organic compound, inorganic compound, ionic compound, acid, alkali, carbohydrate Related terms: molecule Translations (informally: any single substance, either compound or element): produit chimique [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-chemical_compound-en-noun-rM-sZIY6 Disambiguation of 'informally: any single substance, either compound or element': 35 65

Inflected forms

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