Chemistry: A Precise Definition

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Chemistry is defined as the study of atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles, focusing on their interactions and reactions with their surroundings. It encompasses the composition of substances and the changes they undergo due to alterations in molecular structure, which are influenced by variations in the number, type, or arrangement of atoms. The discussion highlights the overlap between chemistry and physics, emphasizing the molecular nature of matter and change. A simplified definition presented is "the molecular nature of matter and change," while another perspective describes chemistry as an exploration of the collective interactive behavior of atom-groups in relation to electromagnetism.
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what would you say chemistry is in the most defined definition?
 
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Just off the top of my head I would say the study of atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles on a system and how they react to surroundings and each other. Physics and chemistry have a lot of overlap.

The dictionary definition is as follows:

"That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules."

I believe that is quoted out of Websters.
 
For a simple definition,

"The molecular nature of matter and change"
 
I wasn't under the impression we were obligated to read all the threads.
 
Yes you are!

*Breaks out whip...*

I think of chemistry as an attempt to describe the collective interactive behaviour of atom-groups with respect to electromagnetism.
 
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