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Kemisk

Kemisk is an adjective used in several Scandinavian languages, including Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, meaning "chemical" or "relating to chemistry." It is employed to describe substances, properties, and processes associated with chemistry and features prominently in technical vocabulary. Common phrases include kemisk reaktion (chemical reaction), kemisk bindning (chemical bond), kemisk substans (chemical substance), and kemisk analyse (chemical analysis). The word helps distinguish chemical topics from related fields, such as fizikaliska or biologiska contexts, and appears across education, laboratories, and industry in descriptions of materials and transformations.

Kemisk derives from the word for chemistry in these languages—kemi in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish—and thus

shares
roots
with
the
broader
European
term
for
the
science.
The
etymology
ties
to
historical
concepts
of
alchemy
and
chemical
knowledge,
with
cognates
in
related
languages
(for
example,
English
chemistry,
French
chimie,
German
Chemie).
As
a
productive
modifier,
kemisk
is
used
in
a
wide
range
of
technical
and
educational
contexts
to
indicate
chemical
properties,
substances,
or
processes,
distinguishing
them
from
other
scientific
domains
such
as
physics
or
biology.
In
contemporary
usage,
it
appears
in
official
terminology,
safety
data,
curricula,
and
industry
documentation
to
specify
chemical
aspects
of
materials,
reactions,
and
analyses.