physical chemistry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems.

Word forms

physical chemistry

Etymology

Calque of Russian физи́ческая хи́мия (fizíčeskaja xímija). Coined by polymath Mikhail Lomonosov in 1752.

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