Meanings
plural chemical compounds
- chemistryAny substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.
Antonyms: elementary substance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian химично съединение, химично вещество
- химично съединение (himično săedinenie)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
- химично вещество (himično veštestvo)informally: any single substance, either compound or element
Chinese Mandarin 化合物
- 化合物 (huàhéwù)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Finnish kemiallinen yhdiste
- kemiallinen yhdistein chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
French composé chimique, corps composé
- composé chimiquein chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
- corps composéin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
- produit chimiqueinformally: any single substance, either compound or element
German chemische Verbindung
- chemische Verbindungin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Greek χημική ένωση
- χημική ένωση (chimikí énosi)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Hungarian vegyület
- vegyületin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Indonesian senyawa kimia
- senyawa kimiain chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Italian composto chimico
- composto chimicoin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Japanese 化合物
- 化合物 (kagōbutsu)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Korean 화합물
- 화합물 (hwahammul)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Malay sebatian kimia
- sebatian kimiain chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Polish związek chemiczny, związek chemiczny
- związek chemicznyin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
- związek chemicznyinformally: any single substance, either compound or element
Portuguese composto químico
- composto químicoin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Romanian compus chimic
- compus chimicin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Russian хими́ческое соедине́ние, сло́жное вещество́
- хими́ческое соедине́ние (ximíčeskoje sojedinénije)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
- сло́жное вещество́ (slóžnoje veščestvó)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Spanish compuesto químico
- compuesto químicoin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Thai สมการเคมี
- สมการเคมี (sà-má-gaan-kee-mii)in chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Turkish kimyasal bileşik
- kimyasal bileşikin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Vietnamese hợp chất
- hợp chấtin chemistry: substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements
Cite this entry
chemical compound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemical%20compound
“chemical compound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemical%20compound. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chemical compound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemical%20compound.
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