chemical action

Noun

1.

chemical action - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved Synonyms: chemical change, chemical process

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