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chemical_compound

chemical compound

See also: chemical-compound

English

Noun

chemical compound ‎(plural chemical compounds)

(chemistry) Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.
(informal, proscribed) Any single substance, either compound or element

Translations

in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements

Finnish: kemiallinen yhdiste (fi)
French: composé chimique (fr)
German: chemische Verbindung (de)
Italian: composto chimico

Kyrgyz: химиялык кошунду ‎(himiyalık koşundu)
Portuguese: composto químico (pt) m
Romanian: compus chimic m
Serbo-Croatian: kémījskī spȏj m
Spanish: compuesto químico

informally: any single substance, either compound or element

Hyponyms

See also Wikisaurus:chemical compound