chemical action

noun

(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

• Syn: ↑chemical process, ↑chemical change

• Topics: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science

• Hypernyms: ↑natural process, ↑natural action, ↑action, ↑activity

• Hyponyms:

↑acylation, ↑agglutination, ↑agglutinating activity, ↑amylolysis, ↑association, ↑bluing, ↑blueing, ↑calcification, ↑catalysis, ↑contact action, ↑chelation, ↑chemical reaction, ↑reaction, ↑chlorination, ↑cleavage, ↑corrosion, ↑corroding, ↑erosion, ↑cracking, ↑deamination, ↑deaminization, ↑decalcification, ↑decarboxylation, ↑de-iodination, ↑demineralization, ↑demineralisation, ↑desalination, ↑desalinization, ↑desalinisation, ↑digestion, ↑dissociation, ↑gasification, ↑gassing, ↑hydrogenation, ↑intumescence, ↑intumescency, ↑swelling, ↑inversion, ↑iodination, ↑mechanism, ↑chemical mechanism, ↑nitrification, ↑peptization, ↑peptisation, ↑photosynthesis, ↑polymerization, ↑polymerisation, ↑precipitation, ↑proteolysis, ↑pyrochemical process, ↑pyrochemistry, ↑sequestration, ↑syneresis, ↑synaeresis, ↑synthesis, ↑transamination, ↑zymosis, ↑zymolysis, ↑fermentation, ↑fermenting, ↑ferment