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chemistry

 noun
     
chem‧is‧try S2 [uncountable]
1 the science that is concerned with studying the structure of substances and the way that they change or combine with each other [↪ biochemistry, biology, physics]
2 if there is chemistry between two people, they like each other and find each other attractive
chemistry between
It's obvious that there's a very real chemistry between them.
3 the way substances combine in a particular process, thing, person etc:
a person's body chemistry
  
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