Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chemism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chemism \Chem"ism\, n. [Cf. F. chimisme. See {Chemistry}.]
The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance
whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical
attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general
expression for chemical activity or relationship.
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