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Chemical formula   /kˈɛməkəl fˈɔrmjələ/   Listen
Chemical formula

noun
1.
A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements.  Synonym: formula.





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"Chemical formula" Quotes from Famous Books



... complexity must also be taken into account. I would recommend to the particular attention of chemists the molecule of water; the deportment of this substance towards radiant heat being perfectly anomalous, if the chemical formula at present ascribed to ...
— Fragments of science, V. 1-2 • John Tyndall
... poet's revelation, we have no better way of arriving at the truth. The scientist offers us little in this field; and his account of inspiration is as cold and comfortless as a chemical formula. Of course the scientist is amused by this objection to him, and asks, "What more do you expect from the effusions of poets? Will not whatever secret they reveal prove an open one? What will it profit ...
— The Poet's Poet • Elizabeth Atkins


Words linked to "Chemical formula" :   formula, empirical formula, molecular formula, statement, chemical notation


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