physical chemistry

English

Etymology

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

Noun

physical chemistry (uncountable)

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

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