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chemic

Pronunciation: /ˈkɛmɪk/

The English word “chemic” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
  2. Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
  3. Chemical.

noun

  1. A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
  2. A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

verb

  1. To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.

Etymology

From New Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus.

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