click chemistry

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Etymology[edit]

Coined by Karl Barry Sharpless (born 1941), American chemist, circa 2001.

Noun[edit]

click chemistry (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) A philosophy of chemistry in which substances are generated quickly and reliably by joining small modular units together, as in nature.

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