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

The chemical reaction is only the beginning of the accounting. — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Given that these damaging ROS molecules are formed when water meets a plastic’s surface, and the fact that water is present in every cell of the human body, this particular chemical reaction could be a real problem. — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Energizer Ultimate Child Shield eliminates the risk of burning by utilizing titanium, which inhibits the chemical reaction that makes these shiny buttons so dangerous. — Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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

Rhymes for chemical reaction

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