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chemistry
A	noun
	1	chemistry, chemical science
			the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚knowledge domain; knowledge base ╚discipline; subject; subject area; subject field; field; field of study; study; bailiwick; branch of knowledge ╚science; scientific discipline ╚natural science ╚chemistry, chemical science
	2	chemistry, interpersonal chemistry, alchemy
			the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚chemistry, interpersonal chemistry, alchemy