scheikunde — meaning in English

English meaning

• alchemy noun The early, part-mystical, part-scientific study that aimed to transform base metals into gold and find an elixir of eternal life, and which later grew into modern chemistry.
• chemistry noun The branch of science concerned with the composition, properties, and reactions of substances.

Senses

scheikunde is used for these senses in English:

• alchemy (uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

alchemy — full definition

1. noun The early, part-mystical, part-scientific study that aimed to transform base metals into gold and find an elixir of eternal life, and which later grew into modern chemistry.
2. noun Any mysterious or seemingly magical process of transformation.

chemistry — full definition

1. noun The branch of science concerned with the composition, properties, and reactions of substances.
2. noun A strong natural connection or attraction between people.

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