superchemical

English

Etymology

super- +‎ chemical

Adjective

superchemical (comparative more superchemical, superlative most superchemical)

  1. Above or beyond chemistry; not explainable by chemical laws.
    • 1895, Joseph LeConte, Sight: An Exposition of the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision:
      We trace physics and chemistry to a certain point, but as we pursue the investigation we find something superphysical and superchemical, or else a physics and a chemistry far higher than any we yet know.

References

“superchemical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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