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Che*mol"y*sis (?), n.
[Chemical + Gr. &?; a loosing.] A term sometimes
applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more
simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
Thudichum.

Chem`os*mo"sis (?), n.
[Chemical + osmosis.] Chemical action taking
place through an intervening membrane.

Chem`os*mot"ic (?), a.
Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. [R.]

Che*mung" pe"ri*od (?), (Geol.) A
subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America,
so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well
developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs.
See the Diagram under Geology.

||Cheng (?), n. [Chinese.] A
chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the
mouth.

Che*nille" (sh&esl;*nēl"), n.
[F., prop., a caterpillar.] Tufted cord, of silk or worsted,
for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes,
and for the weft of Chenille rugs.

||Che`no*mor"phæ (?), n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. &?; the wild goose + &?; form.]
(Zoöl.


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