Chemistry

kemls-trT, n. Science of the composition of substances and changes which they undergo. [Gr. chemeia. See Alchemy.] — Inorganic "hemistry. That which treats of inorganic or mineral substances. — Organic That which treats of substances forming the structure of organized beings, and their products, whether animal or vegetable. — Practical or Applied That which treats of chemical products useful in the arts or for economical purposes. — Pure c. That which treats of the elemental constitution of substances and their laws of combination. — Chemist, n. One versed in, etc. — Chemlc, -ical, a. Pert, to, or resulting from the operations of the phenomena of, etc. — Chemically, adv. — Chemicals, -alz, n. pi. Substances producing chemical effects. — Chemlsm, -izm, n. Chemical attraction; affinity.— Chemltype, -t-tip, n. {Engraving.) An impre ion in relief, procured by chemical proce , which may be printed from on a printing pre . [These words were formerly written with y or instead of in the first syllable, chymistry or chimistry, etc. and pronounced accordingly.]