# physical chemistry

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
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