chemical phenomenon

Noun
  1. Any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) (synset 111429173)
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: natural phenomenon - all phenomena that are not artificial
    subtypes:
    • allotropism, allotropy - the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms
    • exchange - chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
    • crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing - the formation of crystals
    • valency - the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
    • pleomorphism, polymorphism - (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
    • state, state of matter - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)

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