chemical reaction

noun

: a chemical change that occurs when two or more substances combine to form a new substance

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How a chemical reaction that makes more of one form than the other (that is, an asymmetric reaction) could happen was the subject of Kagan’s Nobel Prize-winning work. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Soai, a Japanese scientist based at Tokyo University of Science, then built on this work by designing a chemical reaction in which only one of two possible images was formed. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

If hydrogen atoms are involved in a chemical reaction, scientists can use this tunneling property to learn certain details about the reaction. — Sophya Garashchuk, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Deep underground, groundwater comes into direct contact with iron-rich minerals such as olivine, triggering a chemical reaction called serpentinization. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for chemical reaction

• dissatisfaction
• overreaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction