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CHEMICAL MECHANISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chemical mechanism mean?
• CHEMICAL MECHANISM (noun)
The noun CHEMICAL MECHANISM has 1 sense:
1. the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
Familiarity information: CHEMICAL MECHANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
chemical mechanism; mechanism
Context example:
he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions
Hypernyms ("chemical mechanism" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical mechanism"):
biochemical mechanism (a chemical mechanism involved in vital processes occurring in living organisms)
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