cosmochemistry
noun
cosmochemistry is a noun meaning “The branch of chemistry that deals with the creation of the elements, and their isotopic distribution, in the universe; also with the synthesis and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-S-M-O-C-H-E-M-I-S-T-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does cosmochemistry mean?
noun
- 1
The branch of chemistry that deals with the creation of the elements, and their isotopic distribution, in the universe; also with the synthesis and reactions of simple molecules in interstellar space.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cosmochemistry?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cosmochemistry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is cosmochemistry?
Cosmochemistry appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cosmochemistry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense branch of chemistry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cosmochimie |
| German | Kosmochemie |
| Portuguese | cosmoquímica |
| Spanish | cosmoquímica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.