materials science

American  

noun

1. the study of the characteristics and uses of various materials, as glass, plastics, and metals.

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Etymology

Origin of materials science

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Gaining a clearer picture of how electrons scatter in dense liquids could therefore have broad implications for chemistry, biology, and materials science.

From Science Daily

The project traces its roots to an MIT course Taheri-Mousavi took in 2020, taught by Greg Olson, professor of the practice in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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This includes drug discovery, materials science, logistics optimization and breaking every password ever created.

From MarketWatch

"Scientific discovery has always depended on finding simplified representations of complicated processes," said Boyuan Chen, director of the General Robotics Lab and the Dickinson Family Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke.

From Science Daily

Rather than betting on one hardware architecture, the company integrates multiple quantum back ends and packages them as cloud APIs for chemistry, optimization and materials science.

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