chemical reaction

noun

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

Examples of chemical reaction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chemical sunscreens, however, are designed to soak into the skin and work by creating a chemical reaction that absorbs ultraviolet radiation as energy, dispersing it as heat. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

The light is created by bioluminescence, a chemical reaction allowing the beetle to convert energy into light. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 June 2026

The research team enabled a room-temperature, four-electron chemical reaction path that forms and decomposes lithium oxide, which expands available energy storage. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026

Its fuel cells generate electricity from natural gas through a chemical reaction, rather than burning the fuel. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

Rhymes for chemical reaction

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