"physical chemistry" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Calque of Russian физи́ческая хи́мия (fizíčeskaja xímija). Coined by polymath Mikhail Lomonosov in 1752. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|ru|физи́ческая хи́мия}} Calque of Russian физи́ческая хи́мия (fizíčeskaja xímija), {{coin|en|Mikhail Lomonosov|in=1752|occ=polymath}} Coined by polymath Mikhail Lomonosov in 1752 Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} physical chemistry (uncountable)
  1. The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems. Tags: uncountable Related terms: chemical physics, chemicophysical, physicochemical Translations (the chemistry subdiscipline): 物理化学 (wùlǐ huàxué) (Chinese Mandarin), fysische chemie [feminine] (Dutch), fysikaalinen kemia (Finnish), ფიზიკური ქიმია (piziḳuri kimia) (Georgian), physikalische Chemie [feminine] (German), φυσικοχημεία (fysikochimeía) [feminine] (Greek), 物理化学 (Japanese), شیمیفیزیک (šimi-fizik) (Persian), chemia fizyczna [feminine] (Polish), físico-química [feminine] (Portuguese), química física [feminine] (Portuguese), fisioquímica [feminine] (Portuguese), chimie fizică [feminine] (Romanian), fizikalna kemija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fisicoquímica [feminine] (Spanish), เคมีเชิงฟิสิกส์ [feminine] (Thai), fizikokimya (Turkish), hoá học vật lí (Vietnamese)
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